Traits taxon details
Spio Fabricius, 1785
129625 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129625)
accepted
Genus
- Species Spio aequalis Ehlers, 1904
- Species Spio armata (Thulin, 1957)
- Species Spio arndti Meißner, Bick & Bastrop, 2011
- Species Spio bengalensis Willey, 1908
- Species Spio blakei Maciolek, 1990
- Species Spio borealis Okuda, 1937
- Species Spio butleri Berkeley & Berkeley, 1954
- Species Spio celata Dalyell, 1853
- Species Spio cirrifera (Banse & Hobson, 1968)
- Species Spio decorata Bobretzky, 1870
- Species Spio filicornis (Müller, 1776)
- Species Spio goniocephala Thulin, 1957
- Species Spio gorbunovi Averincev, 1990
- Species Spio kurilensis Buzhinskaya, 1990
- Species Spio limicola Verrill, 1879
- Species Spio maciolekae Blake, 1996
- Species Spio maculata (Hartman, 1961)
- Species Spio malmgreni Sikorski in Jirkov, 2001
- Species Spio martinensis Mesnil, 1896
- Species Spio mesnili Augener, 1914
- Species Spio multioculata (Rioja, 1918)
- Species Spio obtusa Ehlers, 1913
- Species Spio ornatus Perejaslavtseva, 1891
- Species Spio parva (Dalyell, 1853)
- Species Spio pettiboneae Foster, 1971
- Species Spio picta Zachs, 1933
- Species Spio pigmentata Lee, Meißner, Yoon & Min, 2021
- Species Spio quadrisetosa Blake, 1983
- Species Spio readi Blake, 1984
- Species Spio seticornis (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Spio setosa Verrill, 1873
- Species Spio singularis Blake & Kudenov, 1978
- Species Spio symphyta Meißner, Bick & Bastrop, 2011
- Species Spio theeli (Söderström, 1920)
- Species Spio thulini Maciolek, 1990
- Species Spio tridentata Hutchings & Turvey, 1984
- Species Spio tzetlini Sikorski in Jirkov, 2001
- Species Spio unidentata Chlebovitsch, 1959
- Species Spio arctica (Soderstrom, 1920) accepted as Spio limicola Verrill, 1879 (subjective synonym)
- Species Spio decoratus Bobretzky, 1870 accepted as Spio decorata Bobretzky, 1870 (mandatory gender agreement requires 'decorata')
- Species Spio mecznikowianus Claparède, 1869 accepted as Microspio mecznikowiana (Claparède, 1869) (superseded original combination)
- Species Spio pacifica Blake & Kudenov, 1978 accepted as Spio blakei Maciolek, 1990 (junior primary homonym to Spio martinensis pacifica)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Fabricius, O. (1785). Von dem Spio-Geschlecht, einem neuen Wurmgeschlecht Nereis seticornis und Nereis filicornis, mit Abbildungen. <em>Schriften der Berlinischen Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde.</em> 6: 256-270, plate V., available online at http://www.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/diglib/aufkl/schriftberlgesnaturfreunde/schriftberlgesnaturfreunde.htm
page(s): 258-259 [details]
page(s): 258-259 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Spio Fabricius, 1785. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129625 on 2025-05-07
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Spio Fabricius, 1785. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129625 on 2025-05-07
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Fabricius, O. (1785). Von dem Spio-Geschlecht, einem neuen Wurmgeschlecht Nereis seticornis und Nereis filicornis, mit Abbildungen. <em>Schriften der Berlinischen Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde.</em> 6: 256-270, plate V., available online at http://www.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/diglib/aufkl/schriftberlgesnaturfreunde/schriftberlgesnaturfreunde.htm
page(s): 258-259 [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Meißner, K.; Bick, A.; Bastrop, R. 2011. On the identity of Spio filicornis (O.F. Muller, 1776)—with the designation of a neotype, and the description of two new species from the North East Atlantic Ocean based on morphological and genetic studies. Zootaxa (2815): 1-27, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2011/2815.html [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
subsequent type designation Söderström, Adolf. (1920). Studien über die Polychätenfamilie Spionidae. <em>[published thesis].</em> Uppsala University, printed Almquist and Wicksells, 286 pp. [details]
page(s): 258-259 [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Meißner, K.; Bick, A.; Bastrop, R. 2011. On the identity of Spio filicornis (O.F. Muller, 1776)—with the designation of a neotype, and the description of two new species from the North East Atlantic Ocean based on morphological and genetic studies. Zootaxa (2815): 1-27, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2011/2815.html [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
subsequent type designation Söderström, Adolf. (1920). Studien über die Polychätenfamilie Spionidae. <em>[published thesis].</em> Uppsala University, printed Almquist and Wicksells, 286 pp. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
