Mesnil, 1896

Description:
Prostomium blunt, or broadly rounded, with or without four eyes; caruncle obscure.
Notopodial and neuropodial postchaetal lobes oval to broadly rounded.
Gills from chaetiger 1 to nearly the end of the body; only in anterior segments partially fused with postchaetal lobes. The first gill almost as long as the other ones.
All parapodia with finely winged capillary chaetae; from chaetiger 13-15 also 7-9 tridentate hooded hooks.
Pygidium with four cirri.

Size:
Up 32 to mm for 90 segments.

Colour:
Colourless.

Habitat:
Unknown.

Distribution:
Northeast Atlantic to Spain, Kattegat, Öresund.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Annelida
Class Polychaeta
Order Spionida
Family Spionidae
Genus Spio
Species Spio martinensis

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Spio martinensis Mesnil, 1896

Scientific synonyms and common names

Spio martinensis Mesnil, 1896

Giordanella, E., 1969. Contribution à l'étude de quelques Spionidae. Rec. Trav. St. mar. Endoume, 45(61): 325-349.

Hartmann-Schröder, G., 1996. Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta. Tierwelt Deutschlands, 58: 1-648.

Rasmussen, E., 1973. Systematics an Ecology of the Isefjord Marine Fauna (Denmark). Ophelia, 11: 1-482.

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