WoRMS taxon details
Spio filicornis (Müller, 1776)
131183 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131183)
accepted
Species
Nereis filicornis Müller, 1776 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Spio gattyi McIntosh, 1909 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Spio filicornis pacifica Berkeley, 1936
- Subspecies Spio filicornis picta Zachs, 1933 accepted as Spio picta Zachs, 1933 (rank change)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Nereis filicornis Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 218 [details]
page(s): 218 [details]
Neotype (of Nereis filicornis Müller, 1776) ZSRO...
, Type locality contained in Greenlandic part of the Davis Strait , Note Neotype, Near Paamiut (Frederikshaab),...
Neotype (of Nereis filicornis Müller, 1776) ZSRO P-2059, verbatimGeounit Iluilârssuk, near Pa... [details]
Neotype ZSRO P-2059, verbatimGeounit Near Paamiut (Freder... [details]
type locality contained in Greenlandic part of the Davis Strait [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Neotype, Near Paamiut (Frederikshaab), Iluilârssuk, West Greenland, 61° 50.059’ N, 49° 25.183’ W (61.834317° , -49.419717°), eulittoral [details]
Distribution As redescribed (Meißner et al, 2011) so far known only from Iluilârssuk (neotype locality) and Paamiut...
Distribution In Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada [identity of the Spio of the distribution described needs to be re-evaluated - ed.]...
Distribution As redescribed (Meißner et al, 2011) so far known only from Iluilârssuk (neotype locality) and Paamiut (Frederikshaab),West Greenland. See Spio arndti (Western Baltic Sea) and Spio symphyta (North Sea and perhaps Norwegian Sea). Spio 'filicornis' elsewhere may be other species although quite similar in appearance. [details]
Distribution In Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada [identity of the Spio of the distribution described needs to be re-evaluated - ed.]...
Distribution In Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada [identity of the Spio of the distribution described needs to be re-evaluated - ed.] southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, lower St. Lawrence estuary; Magdalen Islands (from Eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel); Cobscook Bay to Cape Cod [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Spio filicornis (Müller, 1776). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131183 on 2024-11-22
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original description
(of Nereis filicornis Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 218 [details]
original description (of Spio gattyi McIntosh, 1909) McIntosh, W.C. 1909. Notes from the Gatty Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews. No. 31. 1. On a young stage of Gadus luscus with bold transverse bars of pigment. 2. On the british Spionidae. 3. On the Spionidae dredged by H.M.S. 'Porcupine' in 1869 and 1870. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3: 153-180.
page(s): 165-166 [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Chlebovitsch, V. V. [aka Khlebovich]. (1961). многощетинковые черви (polychaeta) литорали курильских островов [The polychaetous annelids of the tidal zone of the Kuril Islands] (in Russian, no English summary). <em>Akademiia Nauk SSSR, Zool.Inst.Issledovanie dal'nevost.morei SSSR.</em> 7: 151-260. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fauvel, P. (1927). Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires. <em>Faune de France Volume 16. Paul Lechevalier. Paris.</em> 1-494., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/P.FAUVEL(FdeFr16)Polychetes-sendentaires.pdf [details]
additional source Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. <em>[book].</em> 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12291 [details]
additional source Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 91-92, plate I fig. 1 [details]
additional source McIntosh, William Carmichel. (1915). Polychaeta, Opheliidae to Ammocharidae. <em>A Monograph of the British Marine Annelids.</em> The Ray Society, London, 3 (1): i-viii, 1-368 (text)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38532650 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. <em>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.</em> 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy Hartman, O. (1948). The polychaetous annelids of Alaska. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 2(1): 3-58., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10125/8890 [details]
redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Meißner, K.; Bick, A.; Bastrop, R. 2011. On the identity of Spio filicornis (O.F. Muller, 1776)—with the designation of a neotype, and the description of two new species from the North East Atlantic Ocean based on morphological and genetic studies. Zootaxa (2815): 1-27, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2011/2815.html
page(s): 6 [details]
new combination reference Fabricius, O. (1785). Von dem Spio-Geschlecht, einem neuen Wurmgeschlecht Nereis seticornis und Nereis filicornis, mit Abbildungen. <em>Schriften der Berlinischen Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde.</em> 6: 256-270, plate V., available online at http://www.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/diglib/aufkl/schriftberlgesnaturfreunde/schriftberlgesnaturfreunde.htm
page(s): 264 [details]
page(s): 218 [details]
original description (of Spio gattyi McIntosh, 1909) McIntosh, W.C. 1909. Notes from the Gatty Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews. No. 31. 1. On a young stage of Gadus luscus with bold transverse bars of pigment. 2. On the british Spionidae. 3. On the Spionidae dredged by H.M.S. 'Porcupine' in 1869 and 1870. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3: 153-180.
page(s): 165-166 [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Chlebovitsch, V. V. [aka Khlebovich]. (1961). многощетинковые черви (polychaeta) литорали курильских островов [The polychaetous annelids of the tidal zone of the Kuril Islands] (in Russian, no English summary). <em>Akademiia Nauk SSSR, Zool.Inst.Issledovanie dal'nevost.morei SSSR.</em> 7: 151-260. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fauvel, P. (1927). Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires. <em>Faune de France Volume 16. Paul Lechevalier. Paris.</em> 1-494., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/P.FAUVEL(FdeFr16)Polychetes-sendentaires.pdf [details]
additional source Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. <em>[book].</em> 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12291 [details]
additional source Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 91-92, plate I fig. 1 [details]
additional source McIntosh, William Carmichel. (1915). Polychaeta, Opheliidae to Ammocharidae. <em>A Monograph of the British Marine Annelids.</em> The Ray Society, London, 3 (1): i-viii, 1-368 (text)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38532650 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. <em>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.</em> 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Hartman, O. (1948). The polychaetous annelids of Alaska. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 2(1): 3-58., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10125/8890 [details]
redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Meißner, K.; Bick, A.; Bastrop, R. 2011. On the identity of Spio filicornis (O.F. Muller, 1776)—with the designation of a neotype, and the description of two new species from the North East Atlantic Ocean based on morphological and genetic studies. Zootaxa (2815): 1-27, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2011/2815.html
page(s): 6 [details]
new combination reference Fabricius, O. (1785). Von dem Spio-Geschlecht, einem neuen Wurmgeschlecht Nereis seticornis und Nereis filicornis, mit Abbildungen. <em>Schriften der Berlinischen Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde.</em> 6: 256-270, plate V., available online at http://www.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/diglib/aufkl/schriftberlgesnaturfreunde/schriftberlgesnaturfreunde.htm
page(s): 264 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Neotype (of Nereis filicornis Müller, 1776) ZSRO P-2059, verbatimGeounit Iluilârssuk, near Pa... [details]
Neotype ZSRO P-2059, verbatimGeounit Near Paamiut (Freder... [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution As redescribed (Meißner et al, 2011) so far known only from Iluilârssuk (neotype locality) and Paamiut (Frederikshaab),West Greenland. See Spio arndti (Western Baltic Sea) and Spio symphyta (North Sea and perhaps Norwegian Sea). Spio 'filicornis' elsewhere may be other species although quite similar in appearance. [details]Distribution In Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada [identity of the Spio of the distribution described needs to be re-evaluated - ed.] southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, lower St. Lawrence estuary; Magdalen Islands (from Eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel); Cobscook Bay to Cape Cod [details]
Editor's comment These biology notes are probably outdated as at 2012. Two further European Spio species have been described that were previously included as "Spio filicornis". [details]
Type locality Neotype, Near Paamiut (Frederikshaab), Iluilârssuk, West Greenland, 61° 50.059’ N, 49° 25.183’ W (61.834317° , -49.419717°), eulittoral [details]
Unreviewed
Biology S. filicornis probably spawns in autumn or winter, releasing large eggs. Planktonic larvae are found from February to April. S. filicomis builds fragile tubes of sand fragments. lt swims in spirals when disturbed. Spionids are generally considered surface deposit feeders that use their large ciliated palps to select and pick up food particles (Hartmann-Schröder, 1971; Curtis, 1977; Hayward & Ryland, 1990). [details]Habitat The density distribution of this species suggests a preference for the sandy types of sediment with little mud, although other sediment types are inhabited as well. The species has for instance been reported from anoxic mud (Hartmann-Schröder, 1971; Hayward & Ryland, 1990). [details]
Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Morphology A thin and fragile species with a maximum length of 30 mm and about 2 mm wide. The body is composed of up 90 uniform segments. The head bears four small eyes arranged in a square and two palps. Finger-like, dorsally curved gills are present from the first to almost the last segment. The colour of the body is bluish green with contrasting red blood vessels in the palps and the gilis. Mature males are whitish, while females are brighter green (Hartmann-Schröder, 1971; Hayward & Ryland, 1990). [details]
BIOTIC
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Nereis filicornis Müller, 1776)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (85 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spio filicornis)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (104 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 095712)
To ITIS
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Nereis filicornis Müller, 1776)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (85 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spio filicornis)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (104 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 095712)
To ITIS
