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

Prionospio cirrifera Wirén, 1883

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

*Minuspio cirrifera*	(Wirén, 1883)	synonym

Literature

original description	Wirén, Axel 1883. Chaetopoder från Sibiriska Ishafvet och Berings Haf Insamlade under Vega-Expeditionen 1878-1879. 383-426. IN: Nordenskiöld, N. A. E. (Ed.). Vega-Expeditionens Vetenskapliga Iakttagelser (bearbetade af deltagare i resan och andra forskare): Stockholm, F&G Beijers Förlag.
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	Day, J.H. (1967). Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. Pp 459-842.
additional source	Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta
additional source	Augener, H. 1928. Die Polychaeten von Spitzbergen. Fauna Arctica, Jena, 5: 647-834.
additional source	Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. 2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2. 648 pp.
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.
source of synonymy	Berkeley, E. and Berkeley, C. 1952. Canadian Pacific Fauna. 9. Annelida. 9b(2). 1-139. Fisheries Research Board of Canada. Toronto.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
Barcode of Life
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Prionospio cirrifera. 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:131153