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Spio Fabricius, 1785

129625  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129625)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Sedentaria (Subclass)
  6. Canalipalpata (Infraclass)
  7. Spionida (Order)
  8. Spioniformia (Suborder)
  9. Spionidae (Family)
  10. Spio (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Nereis filicornis Müller, 1776 accepted as Spio filicornis (Müller, 1776) (type by subsequent designation)
Euspio McIntosh, 1915 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Paraspio Czerniavsky, 1881 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

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  1. Species Spio aequalis Ehlers, 1904
  2. Species Spio armata (Thulin, 1957)
  3. Species Spio arndti Meißner, Bick & Bastrop, 2011
  4. Species Spio bengalensis Willey, 1908
  5. Species Spio blakei Maciolek, 1990
  6. Species Spio borealis Okuda, 1937
  7. Species Spio butleri Berkeley & Berkeley, 1954
  8. Species Spio celata Dalyell, 1853
  9. Species Spio cirrifera (Banse & Hobson, 1968)
  10. Species Spio decorata Bobretzky, 1870
  11. Species Spio filicornis (Müller, 1776)
  12. Species Spio goniocephala Thulin, 1957
  13. Species Spio gorbunovi Averincev, 1990
  14. Species Spio kurilensis Buzhinskaya, 1990
  15. Species Spio limicola Verrill, 1879
  16. Species Spio maciolekae Blake, 1996
  17. Species Spio maculata (Hartman, 1961)
  18. Species Spio malmgreni Sikorski in Jirkov, 2001
  19. Species Spio martinensis Mesnil, 1896
  20. Species Spio mesnili Augener, 1914
  21. Species Spio multioculata (Rioja, 1918)
  22. Species Spio obtusa Ehlers, 1913
  23. Species Spio ornatus Perejaslavtseva, 1891
  24. Species Spio parva (Dalyell, 1853)
  25. Species Spio pettiboneae Foster, 1971
  26. Species Spio picta Zachs, 1933
  27. Species Spio pigmentata Lee, Meißner, Yoon & Min, 2021
  28. Species Spio quadrisetosa Blake, 1983
  29. Species Spio readi Blake, 1984
  30. Species Spio seticornis (Linnaeus, 1767)
  31. Species Spio setosa Verrill, 1873
  32. Species Spio singularis Blake & Kudenov, 1978
  33. Species Spio symphyta Meißner, Bick & Bastrop, 2011
  34. Species Spio theeli (Söderström, 1920)
  35. Species Spio thulini Maciolek, 1990
  36. Species Spio tridentata Hutchings & Turvey, 1984
  37. Species Spio tzetlini Sikorski in Jirkov, 2001
  38. Species Spio unidentata Chlebovitsch, 1959
  39. Subgenus Spio (Microspio) Mesnil, 1896 accepted as Microspio Mesnil, 1896 (superseded rank downgrade to subgenus)
    1. Species Spio (Microspio) gaucha Orensanz & Gianuca, 1974 accepted as Scolelepis gaucha (Orensanz & Gianuca, 1974) (superseded original combinaiton)
    2. Species Spio (Microspio) mecznikowiana (Claparède, 1869) accepted as Microspio mecznikowiana (Claparède, 1869) (superseded subsequent combination)
  40. Species Spio acuta Treadwell, 1914 accepted as Scolelepis (Scolelepis) acuta (Treadwell, 1914) (superseded original combination)
  41. Species Spio africana (Rullier, 1964) accepted as Dispio africana (Rullier, 1964) (superseded recombination)
  42. Species Spio arctica (Soderstrom, 1920) accepted as Spio limicola Verrill, 1879 (subjective synonym)
  43. Species Spio atlanticus Langerhans, 1880 accepted as Microspio atlantica (Langerhans, 1880) (superseded original combination)
  44. Species Spio bombyx Claparède, 1870 accepted as Spiophanes bombyx (Claparède, 1870) (superseded original combination)
  45. Species Spio calcarea Templeton, 1836 accepted as Polydora calcarea (Templeton, 1836) (superseded original combination)
  46. Species Spio caudatus Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Polydora cornuta Bosc, 1802 (superfluous replacement name)
  47. Species Spio caudatus sensu Delle Chiaje, 1827 accepted as Neanthes acuminata (Ehlers, 1868) (misidentification)
  48. Species Spio cirrata König [pre-Linnaean] accepted as Amphitrite cirrata Müller, 1776 (objective synonym, pre-Linnaean)
  49. Species Spio coccineus Delle Chiaje, 1822 accepted as Platynereis coccinea (Delle Chiaje, 1822) (superseded original combination)
  50. Species Spio decoratus Bobretzky, 1870 accepted as Spio decorata Bobretzky, 1870 (mandatory gender agreement requires 'decorata')
  51. Species Spio fuliginosus Claparède, 1868 accepted as Malacoceros fuliginosus (Claparède, 1868) (superseded original combination)
  52. Species Spio gattyi McIntosh, 1909 accepted as Spio filicornis (Müller, 1776) (subjective synonym)
  53. Species Spio hirsuta Treadwell, 1928 accepted as Scolelepis (Scolelepis) squamata (O.F. Muller, 1806) (subjective synonym)
  54. Species Spio inversa Kuhlgatz, 1898 accepted as Pygospio elegans Claparède, 1863 (subjective synonym)
  55. Species Spio jirkovi (Sikorski, 1993) accepted as Malacoceros jirkovi Sikorski, 1993 (superseded recombination)
  56. Species Spio laevicornis Rathke, 1837 accepted as Malacoceros laevicornis (Rathke, 1837) (superseded original combination)
  57. Species Spio magnus Day, 1955 accepted as Dispio magna (Day, 1955) (superseded original combination)
  58. Species Spio mecznikowianus Claparède, 1869 accepted as Microspio mecznikowiana (Claparède, 1869) (superseded original combination)
  59. Species Spio mimus Chamberlin, 1920 accepted as Spio theeli (Söderström, 1920) (subjective synonym)
  60. Species Spio nemertinaeformis Czerniavsky, 1881 accepted as Saccocirrus papillocercus Bobretzky, 1872 (subjective synonym)
  61. Species Spio pacifica Blake & Kudenov, 1978 accepted as Spio blakei Maciolek, 1990 (junior primary homonym to Spio martinensis pacifica)
  62. Species Spio punctata Hartman, 1961 accepted as Malacoceros indicus (Fauvel, 1928) (subjective synonym)
  63. Species Spio quadricornis Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Spio crenaticornis Montagu, 1816 (missapplied superfluous name)
  64. Species Spio rathbuni Webster & Benedict, 1884 accepted as Pygospio elegans Claparède, 1863 (subjective synonym)
  65. Species Spio robusta Verrill, 1873 accepted as Spio setosa Verrill, 1873 (subjective synonym)
  66. Species Spio ventilabrum Delle Chiaje, 1827 accepted as Nereis ventilabrum (Delle Chiaje, 1827) (superseded original combination)
  67. Species Spio viridis Johnston, 1828 accepted as Scolelepis foliosa (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833) represented as Scolelepis (Scolelepis) foliosa (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833) (subjective synonym)
  68. Species Spio vulgaris Johnston, 1827 accepted as Malacoceros vulgaris (Johnston, 1827) (superseded original combination)
  69. Species Spio californica Fewkes, 1889 (uncertain > nomen dubium, unidentified polydorid; fide Hartman, 1940: 383)
  70. Species Spio crenaticornis Montagu, 1816 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, unused, indeterminable)
  71. Species Spio mesnili (McIntosh, 1915) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, unreplaced secondary homonym, possible synonym)
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] 
Etymology Spio has its origin in the Greek mythology, designating one of the Nereids, the 50 daughters of Nereus by Doris, goddesses...  
Etymology Spio has its origin in the Greek mythology, designating one of the Nereids, the 50 daughters of Nereus by Doris, goddesses of the sea, and patrons of sailors and fishermen. Spio (Speio, in Greek), was the nereid of the sea caves. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Spio Fabricius, 1785. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129625 on 2025-03-12
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Bellan, Gérard
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2016-05-29 12:39:25Z
changed
Gil, João
2024-03-28 00:57:02Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey

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Nomenclature

original description 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] 

original description (of Paraspio Czerniavsky, 1881) Czerniavsky, Voldemaro. (1881). Materialia ad zoographiam Ponticam comparatam. Fasc. III Vermes [Second part]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (= Byulletin' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody).</em> 56(2): 338-420, 1 plate., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41340542
page(s): 360, 367 [details] 

original description (of Euspio McIntosh, 1915) McIntosh, William Carmichel. (1915). Polychaeta, Opheliidae to Ammocharidae. <em>A Monograph of the British Marine Annelids.</em> The Ray Society, London, 3 (1): i-viii, 1-368 (text)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38532650
page(s): 176 [details] OpenAccess publication

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] 

Other

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] 

 
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Etymology Spio has its origin in the Greek mythology, designating one of the Nereids, the 50 daughters of Nereus by Doris, goddesses of the sea, and patrons of sailors and fishermen. Spio (Speio, in Greek), was the nereid of the sea caves. [details]

Grammatical gender Spio, named after a female mythological entity, must be feminine, and has almost invariably been treated as feminine (with Spio decoratus one exception). [details]
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