North Sea Benthos Project (NSBP)

WoRMS taxon details

Pygospio Claparède, 1863

AphiaID

129622 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129622)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Pygospio elegans Claparède, 1863

Parent

Spionidae Grube, 1850

Direct children (5)

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Species Pygospio californica Hartman, 1936
Species Pygospio elegans Claparède, 1863
Species Pygospio muscularis Ward, 1981
Species Pygospio dubia Monro, 1930 accepted as Pygospiopsis dubia (Monro, 1930) (superseded original combination)
Species Pygospio minutus Giard, 1894 accepted as Pygospio elegans Claparède, 1863 (subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Claparède, A. R. É. (1863). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte wirbelloser Thiere: an der Küste von Normandie angestellt. [Observations on the anatomy and evolution of invertebrates: made on the coast of Normandy.]. Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. 1-120, 18 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10030 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pygospio Claparède, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129622 on 2025-03-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Bellan, Gérard

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Claparède, A. R. É. (1863). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte wirbelloser Thiere: an der Küste von Normandie angestellt. [Observations on the anatomy and evolution of invertebrates: made on the coast of Normandy.]. Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. 1-120, 18 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10030 [details]

basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pygospio)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (6 traits)
To ITIS

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