Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Spionida > Suborder Spioniformia > Family Spionidae

Prionospio Malmgren, 1867

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Kinbergella*	McIntosh, 1909	generic synonym
*Minuspio*	Foster, 1971	generic synonym
*Aquilaspio*	Foster, 1971	synonym
*Prionospio (Minuspio)*	Foster, 1971	synonym
*Prionospio (Prionospio)*	[auctorum]	synonym

Children

Prionospio amarsupiata Neal & Altamira in Paterson et al., 2016
Prionospio caspersi Laubier, 1962
Prionospio cirrifera Wirén, 1883
Prionospio decipiens Söderström, 1920
Prionospio dubia Day, 1961
Prionospio ehlersi Fauvel, 1928
Prionospio fallax Söderström, 1920
Prionospio fauchaldi Maciolek, 1985
Prionospio hermesia Neal & Paterson in Paterson et al., 2016
Prionospio malmgreni Claparède, 1868
Prionospio multibranchiata Berkeley, 1927
Prionospio sexoculata Augener, 1918
Prionospio steenstrupi Malmgren, 1867
Prionospio tripinnata Maciolek, 1985
Prionospio vallensis Neal & Paterson in Paterson et al., 2016

Literature

original description	Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates.
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.
additional source	Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842.
additional source	Sigvaldadóttir, E. (1998). Cladistic analysis and classification of Prionospio and related general (Polychaeta, Spionidae). Zoologica Scripta. 27(3): 175-187.
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.
additional source	Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. [Book chapter]. Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
additional source	Peixoto, Antônio João Malafaia; Paiva, Paulo Cesar de. (2019). New Prionospio and Laubieriellus (Annelida: Spionidae) species from Southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa. 4577(3): 529-547.
taxonomy source	Paterson, Gordon L. J.; Neal, Lenka; Altamira, Iris; Soto, Eulogio H.; Smith, Craig R.; Menot, Lenaick; Billett, David S. M.; Cunha, Marina R.; Marchais-Laguionie, Clare; Glover, Adrian G. (2016). New Prionospio and Aurospio Species from the Deep Sea (Annelida: Polychaeta). Zootaxa. 4092(1): 1-32.
identification resource	Delgado-Blas, Victor Hugo; Peraza, Russell Giovanni Uc. (2024). Two new species of Prionospio (Annelida: Spionidae) from the Northwest and Northeast Atlantic. Zootaxa. 5432(1): 69-82.
identification resource	Delgado-Blas, V. H. 2014. Redescriptions and reestablishments of some species belonging to the genus Prionospio (Polychaeta, Spionidae) and descriptions of three new species. Helgoland Marine Research 68(1): 113-132
identification resource	Martínez, Julián; Adarraga, Idoia. (2019). Una nueva especie del género Prionospio Malmgren, 1867 (Annelida, Spionidae) procedente del sureste del Golfo de Vizcaya. Graellsia. 75(2): e099.
identification resource	Delgado-Blas, Víctor Hugo. (2015). Prionospio (Polychaeta, Spionidae) from the Grand Caribbean Region, with the descriptions of five new species and a key to species recorded in the area. Zootaxa. 3905(1): 69-90.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Prionospio Malmgren, 1867. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129620