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

Prionospio multibranchiata Berkeley, 1927

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 multibranchiata*	(Berkeley, 1927)	synonym

Literature

original description	Berkeley, E. 1927. Polychaetous annelids from the Nanaimo district. Part 3. Leodicidae to Spionidae. Contributions to Canadian Biology and Fisheries, 3(17): 407-422.
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	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta
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.
new combination reference	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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
GBIF

Citation

Read, G. (2014). Prionospio multibranchiata. 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:131160