WoRMS name details
Minuspio minor Fauchald & Hancock, 1981
329030 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329030)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
Minuspio Foster, 1971 accepted as Prionospio Malmgren, 1867
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fauchald, K.; Hancock, D.R. (1981). Deep-water polychaetes from a transect off central Oregon. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 11: 1-73., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3445
page(s): 11-12, plate 2 figs. c-d [details]
page(s): 11-12, plate 2 figs. c-d [details]
Holotype LACM Poly 1152, geounit Oregon
, Note Continental slope off Oregon, USA, NE Pacific...
Holotype LACM Poly 1152, geounit Oregon [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Continental slope off Oregon, USA, NE Pacific Ocean (start 44º39.0'N, 125º13.2'W; finish ---), 2200 m, sand, silt, clay. [details]
Depth range 2200 m.
Distribution NE Pacific Ocean: off central Oregon (USA).
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet minor is a Latin adjective meaning 'lesser', 'inferior' or 'smaller', and presumably...
Depth range 2200 m. [details]
Distribution NE Pacific Ocean: off central Oregon (USA).
Distribution NE Pacific Ocean: off central Oregon (USA). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet minor is a Latin adjective meaning 'lesser', 'inferior' or 'smaller', and presumably...
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet minor is a Latin adjective meaning 'lesser', 'inferior' or 'smaller', and presumably refers to the smaller size of the species when compared with other species in the genus. The incomplete holotype is described as having 29 chaetigers, and measuring 5 mm long and 0.3 mm wide, excluding chaetae. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Minuspio minor Fauchald & Hancock, 1981. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329030 on 2025-04-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Fauchald, K.; Hancock, D.R. (1981). Deep-water polychaetes from a transect off central Oregon. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 11: 1-73., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3445
page(s): 11-12, plate 2 figs. c-d [details]
page(s): 11-12, plate 2 figs. c-d [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Maciolek, N. J. (1985). A revision of the genus Prionospio Malmgren, with special emphasis on species from the Atlantic Ocean, and new records of species belonging to the genera Apoprionospio Foster and Paraprionospio Caullery (Polychaeta, Annelida, Spionidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 84: 325-383., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1985.tb01804.x
page(s): 358-360, fig. 12, tables 1, 4; note: synonymy with Prionospio (Prionospio) delta Hartman, 1965 [details]
page(s): 358-360, fig. 12, tables 1, 4; note: synonymy with Prionospio (Prionospio) delta Hartman, 1965 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Fauchald, K.; Hancock, D.R. (1981). Deep-water polychaetes from a transect off central Oregon. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 11: 1-73., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3445 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Depth range 2200 m. [details]Distribution NE Pacific Ocean: off central Oregon (USA). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet minor is a Latin adjective meaning 'lesser', 'inferior' or 'smaller', and presumably refers to the smaller size of the species when compared with other species in the genus. The incomplete holotype is described as having 29 chaetigers, and measuring 5 mm long and 0.3 mm wide, excluding chaetae. [details]
Habitat Sand, silt, clay, at bathyal depths. [details]
Type locality Continental slope off Oregon, USA, NE Pacific Ocean (start 44º39.0'N, 125º13.2'W; finish ---), 2200 m, sand, silt, clay. [details]
