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

Prionospio caspersi Laubier, 1962

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Prionospio*	Malmgren, 1867	accepted genus name
*Minuspio*	Foster, 1971	heterotypic synonym
*Apoprionospio*	Foster, 1969	synonym
*Aquilaspio*	Foster, 1971	synonym
*Prionospio (Minuspio)*	[auctorum]	synonym
*Prionospio (Prionospio)*	[auctorum]	synonym

Species group names

*Apoprionospio caspersi*	(Laubier, 1962)	synonym

Literature

original description	Laubier, L. 1962. Quelques Annélides Polychètes de la Lagune de Venise description de Prionospio caspersi n.sp. Vie et Milieu, 13(1): 123-159.
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: pp. 214-231
additional source	Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta
source of synonymy	Foster, Nancy Marie 1971. Spionidae (Polychaeta) of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands, 36(129): 1-183.
status source	Maciolek, Nancy J. 1985. A revision of the genus Prionospio Malmgren, with special emphasis on species from the Atlantic Ocean, and new records of species belonging to the genera Apoprionospio Foster and Paraprionospio Caullery (Polychaeta, Annelida, Spionidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London 84: 325-383.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Read, G. (2014). Prionospio caspersi. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2014) World Polychaeta database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131152