Spionidae Grube, 1850

 Spionidae  Grube, 1850

Overview of Spionidae collected from Falkland Islands in this study

Prostomial anterior margin/occipital antenna +/-

Branchiae +/-/from or on ch.

Number of branchiae

Modified hooks (appearance in side view)

Other diagnostic character/s

Spiophanes algidus

produced into lateral horns/ +

-

-

from ch. 15, without hood, multidentate

crooked chaetae present in ch.1, GP from ch. 15

Aurospio foodbancsia

rounded/ -

+/ on ch. 3

1 pair only

multidentate, hooded, from ch. 11

DC from ch. 9

Laonice sp. 1

rounded/ +

+/ from ch. 2

numerous

bidentate, hooded from ch. 27-31

GP from ch. 6-10

Laonice sp. 2

rounded/ +

+/ from ch. 2

numerous

bidentate, hooded, from ch. 34

GP  from ch. 16

Laonice sp. 3

rounded/ +

+/ from ch. 2

numerous

?

GP from ch. 15

Scolelepis sp. 1

pointed, produced into thin cirrus

+/ from ch. 2

numerous

bidentate, hooded, from ch. 13-15

branchiae fused to corresponding dorsal lamella for most of its length

Prionospio sp.

rounded/ -

+/ from ch. 2

?

multidentate, hooded, from ch. 10

DC on ch. 5-12 (particularly large in ch. 5-7)

Prionospio? sp.

rounded/ -

+/ from ch. 2

?

?

podial lamellae narrow, extending away from the body

Aonidella cirrobranchiata (Day, 1961) sensu López, 2010

blunt broadly rounded/ -

+/ from ch. 2

9 pairs

bidentate, hooded, from ch. 18

prostomium posteriorly fused to dorsum

Ch=chaetiger, GP=genital pouches, DC=dorsal crest

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López, E., 2010. First record of the genus Aonidella (Spionidae: Annelida:Polychaeta) from Bellingshausen Sea (west Antarctica). Marine Biodiversity Records, 3, p.e32.

López, E. (2011). A new species of Laonice (Spionidae, Polychaeta, Annelida) from Bellingshausen Sea (West Antarctica). Helgoland Marine Research, 65(2), 257-261.

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Meißner, K.; Bick, A.; Guggolz, T.; Götting, M. (2014). Spionidae (Polychaeta: Canalipalpata: Spionida) from seamounts in the NE Atlantic. Zootaxa. 3786(3): 201-245., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3786.3.1 page(s): 208; note: transfer from Laonice, and extend the original description

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Sikorski, A. V. 2011. Review of Laonice (Spionidae, Annelida) with remarks on several species and a description of a new species from South Africa. Italian Journal of Zoology 78(Supplement 1): 201-214, available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2011.617218

Classification: 
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith