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

Prionospio pygmaeus Hartman, 1961

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 pygmaea*	(Hartman, 1961)	synonym

Literature

original description	Hartman, O. 1961. Polychaetous annelids from California. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 25: 1-226.
basis of record	Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta
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

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
GBIF

Citation

Read, G. (2014). Prionospio pygmaeus Hartman, 1961. 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:338539