WoRMS taxon details
Microspio atlantica (Langerhans, 1880)
131137 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131137)
accepted
Species
Spio atlanticus Langerhans, 1880 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Spio atlanticus Langerhans, 1880) Langerhans, Paul. (1880). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira. III. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 34(1): 87-143, plates IV-VI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42353743
page(s): 89-90, plate IV fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 89-90, plate IV fig. 2 [details]
Type locality contained in Madeiran Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Madeiran Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Status Söderström (1920: 248) named the type species of Microspio as Spio mecznikowianus, perhaps because he included the junior...
Status Söderström (1920: 248) named the type species of Microspio as Spio mecznikowianus, perhaps because he included the junior name Spio atlanticus as a synonym of Microspio mecznikowianus. However, Microspio atlantica is regarded as a valid name currently (eg Fonseca-Gonzalez et al, 2022: 342), since Hannerz (1956) re-validated it. Maciolek & Blake (2021: 273) give more of the history and reasoning. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Microspio atlantica (Langerhans, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131137 on 2024-04-28
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(of Spio atlanticus Langerhans, 1880) Langerhans, Paul. (1880). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira. III. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 34(1): 87-143, plates IV-VI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42353743
page(s): 89-90, plate IV fig. 2 [details]
additional source Dewarumez, Jean-Marie (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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)
note: checklist entry [details]
status source Hannerz, Lennart. (1956). Larval development of the polychaete families Spionidae Sars, Disomidae Mesnil, and Poecilochaetidae n. fam. in the Gullmar Fjord (Sweden). <i>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala</i>. 31: 1-204.
note: re-validation of Microspio atlantica from its synonymy with M. mecznikowiana [details] Available for editors
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status source Maciolek, Nancy J.; Blake, James A. (2021). New species of Microspio Mesnil, 1896 (Annelida: Spionidae), with additions to the description of M. pigmentata (Reish, 1959) and comparative notes on all members of the genus. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 134(1): 265-293., available online at https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324x-134.1.265
page(s): 273; note: Regarded as valid [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 89-90, plate IV fig. 2 [details]
additional source Dewarumez, Jean-Marie (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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)
note: checklist entry [details]
status source Hannerz, Lennart. (1956). Larval development of the polychaete families Spionidae Sars, Disomidae Mesnil, and Poecilochaetidae n. fam. in the Gullmar Fjord (Sweden). <i>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala</i>. 31: 1-204.
note: re-validation of Microspio atlantica from its synonymy with M. mecznikowiana [details] Available for editors
[request] status source Maciolek, Nancy J.; Blake, James A. (2021). New species of Microspio Mesnil, 1896 (Annelida: Spionidae), with additions to the description of M. pigmentata (Reish, 1959) and comparative notes on all members of the genus. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 134(1): 265-293., available online at https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324x-134.1.265
page(s): 273; note: Regarded as valid [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Status Söderström (1920: 248) named the type species of Microspio as Spio mecznikowianus, perhaps because he included the junior name Spio atlanticus as a synonym of Microspio mecznikowianus. However, Microspio atlantica is regarded as a valid name currently (eg Fonseca-Gonzalez et al, 2022: 342), since Hannerz (1956) re-validated it. Maciolek & Blake (2021: 273) give more of the history and reasoning. [details]
