WoRMS taxon details
Protolaeospira (Dextralia) Knight-Jones & Walker, 1972
174713 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:174713)
accepted
Subgenus
Paradexiospira falklandicus Pixell, 1913 accepted as Protolaeospira (Dextralia) falklandica (Pixell, 1913) (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Knight-Jones, Phyllis; Walker, A. J. M. (1972). Spirorbinae (Serpulidae: Polychaeta) on limpets from the South Orkney Islands. <em>British Antarctic Survey Bulletin.</em> 31: 33-40.
page(s): 35; note: refers authorship prematurely to Knight-Jones (1973) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 35; note: refers authorship prematurely to Knight-Jones (1973) [details] Available for editors
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Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Protolaeospira (Dextralia) Knight-Jones & Walker, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174713 on 2025-04-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Knight-Jones, Phyllis; Walker, A. J. M. (1972). Spirorbinae (Serpulidae: Polychaeta) on limpets from the South Orkney Islands. <em>British Antarctic Survey Bulletin.</em> 31: 33-40.
page(s): 35; note: refers authorship prematurely to Knight-Jones (1973) [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 35; note: refers authorship prematurely to Knight-Jones (1973) [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Knight-Jones, Phyllis. (1973). Spirorbinae (Serpulidae: Polychaeta) from southeastern Australia. Pt. 1. A new genus, four new subgenera and seven new species. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Ser. Zoology.</em> 24(4): 231-259., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/64438
page(s): 237; note: intended to introduce a new subgenus, Dextralia, but publication was delayed [details]
page(s): 237; note: intended to introduce a new subgenus, Dextralia, but publication was delayed [details]
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Authority Published validly by Knight-Jones & Walker (1972). They refer to Knight-Jones (1972) [sic] as authority, but their work was published first, and the other work didn't appear until 1973 [details]
