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

Paraprionospio alata (Moore, 1923)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Paraprionospio*	Caullery, 1914	accepted genus name
*Prionospio (Paraprionospio)*	Caullery, 1914	synonym

Species group names

*Prionospio alata*	Moore, 1923	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology. 7: 1-575.
redescription	Yokoyama, Hisashi. (2007). A revision of the genus Paraprionospio Caullery (Polychaeta: Spionidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 151(2): 253-284.
redescription	Delgado-Blas, Victor H; Carrera-Parra, Luis F. (2018). New phylogenetic analysis of Paraprionospio Caullery (Polychaeta: Spionidae), with description of a new species from the Gulf of Mexico. Zoological Studies. 57 (52): 1-20.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Paraprionospio alata (Moore, 1923). 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:334390