WoRMS taxon details
Spio decorata Bobretzky, 1870
152314 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152314)
accepted
Species
Paraspio decorata (Bobretzky, 1870) · unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination)
Spio decoratus Bobretzky, 1870 · unaccepted (mandatory gender agreement...)
mandatory gender agreement requires 'decorata'
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bobretzky, N. (1870). [Materials to the fauna of the Black Sea (Annelida Polychaeta)]. [Original] Матерiалы для фауны чернаго моря Аннелиды (Annelida, Polychaeta) / Materialy dlya fauny Chernogo morya (Annelida, Polychaeta). <em>Zapiski Kievskago obshchestva estestvoispytateleĭ [Mémoires de la Société des Naturalistes de Kiew].</em> 1: 188-274, plates 9-12.
page(s): 256; note: as 'decoratus' which is a gender-incorrect spelling and must be corrected to 'decorata' [details]
page(s): 256; note: as 'decoratus' which is a gender-incorrect spelling and must be corrected to 'decorata' [details]
Note Black Sea
Unreviewed
Type locality Black Sea [details]
Taxonomy Paraspio is regarded as a synonym of Spio, thus Spio decorata (not 'decoratus' which is incorrect for gender agreement),...
Taxonomy Paraspio is regarded as a synonym of Spio, thus Spio decorata (not 'decoratus' which is incorrect for gender agreement), the original name, is the valid name. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Spio decorata Bobretzky, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152314 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Bobretzky, N. (1870). [Materials to the fauna of the Black Sea (Annelida Polychaeta)]. [Original] Матерiалы для фауны чернаго моря Аннелиды (Annelida, Polychaeta) / Materialy dlya fauny Chernogo morya (Annelida, Polychaeta). <em>Zapiski Kievskago obshchestva estestvoispytateleĭ [Mémoires de la Société des Naturalistes de Kiew].</em> 1: 188-274, plates 9-12.
page(s): 256; note: as 'decoratus' which is a gender-incorrect spelling and must be corrected to 'decorata' [details]
original description (of Spio decoratus Bobretzky, 1870) Bobretzky, N. (1870). [Materials to the fauna of the Black Sea (Annelida Polychaeta)]. [Original] Матерiалы для фауны чернаго моря Аннелиды (Annelida, Polychaeta) / Materialy dlya fauny Chernogo morya (Annelida, Polychaeta). <em>Zapiski Kievskago obshchestva estestvoispytateleĭ [Mémoires de la Société des Naturalistes de Kiew].</em> 1: 188-274, plates 9-12.
page(s): p. 256, & figs 74-77; note: note incorrect gender ending [details]
page(s): 256; note: as 'decoratus' which is a gender-incorrect spelling and must be corrected to 'decorata' [details]
original description (of Spio decoratus Bobretzky, 1870) Bobretzky, N. (1870). [Materials to the fauna of the Black Sea (Annelida Polychaeta)]. [Original] Матерiалы для фауны чернаго моря Аннелиды (Annelida, Polychaeta) / Materialy dlya fauny Chernogo morya (Annelida, Polychaeta). <em>Zapiski Kievskago obshchestva estestvoispytateleĭ [Mémoires de la Société des Naturalistes de Kiew].</em> 1: 188-274, plates 9-12.
page(s): p. 256, & figs 74-77; note: note incorrect gender ending [details]
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Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]





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Taxonomy Paraspio is regarded as a synonym of Spio, thus Spio decorata (not 'decoratus' which is incorrect for gender agreement), the original name, is the valid name. [details]Unreviewed
Spelling As Spio decoratus [details]Type locality Black Sea [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Spio decoratus Bobretzky, 1870)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spio decorata)
To Genbank
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Spio decoratus Bobretzky, 1870)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Spio decoratus Bobretzky, 1870)
To PESI (from synonym Paraspio decorata (Bobretzky, 1870))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Spio decoratus Bobretzky, 1870)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spio decorata)
To Genbank
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Spio decoratus Bobretzky, 1870)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Spio decoratus Bobretzky, 1870)
To PESI (from synonym Paraspio decorata (Bobretzky, 1870))
To ITIS