WoRMS taxon details

Spiophanes berkeleyorum Pettibone, 1962

334829  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:334829)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Pettibone, Marian Hope. (1962). New species of polychaete worms (Spionidae: <i>Spiophanes</i>) from the east and west coast of North America. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 75: 77-88., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34571529
page(s): 78-83, figs. 1-4 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Holotype  USNM 30399, geounit Vancouver Island  
Holotype USNM 30399, geounit Vancouver Island [details]
Note Departure Bay beach, east coast of Vancouver...  
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Type locality Departure Bay beach, east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, Northeast Pacific (gazetteer estimate 49.202º, -123.969º).  [details]
Depth range From low tide to less than 200 m. Pettibone (1962) recorded the species from about 460 m (250 fathoms).   
Depth range From low tide to less than 200 m. Pettibone (1962) recorded the species from about 460 m (250 fathoms).  [details]

Distribution Northeast Pacific Ocean, from Alaska to California.   
Distribution Northeast Pacific Ocean, from Alaska to California.  [details]

Etymology The species is named for Mr. Cyril Berkeley and Mrs. Edith Berkeley, ''who kindly sent me the specimens at my request''...  
Etymology The species is named for Mr. Cyril Berkeley and Mrs. Edith Berkeley, ''who kindly sent me the specimens at my request'' (Pettibone, 1962: 78-79).  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Spiophanes berkeleyorum Pettibone, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=334829 on 2024-11-21
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original description Pettibone, Marian Hope. (1962). New species of polychaete worms (Spionidae: <i>Spiophanes</i>) from the east and west coast of North America. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 75: 77-88., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34571529
page(s): 78-83, figs. 1-4 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details] 

redescription Blake, J.A. 1996. Family Spionidae Grube, 1850. pages 81-223. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul H. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 6 - The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details] 

redescription Meißner, Karin. (2005). Revision of the genus <i>Spiophanes</i> (Polychaeta, Spionidae); with new synonymies, new records and descriptions of new species. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Zoologische Reihe.</em> 81(1): 3-65., available online at http://doi.org/10.1002/mmnz.200310001
page(s): 28-31, figs. 13-15 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype USNM 30399, geounit Vancouver Island [details]
Nontype CAS 153860, geounit Monterey Bay [details]
Nontype CAS 23817, geounit Gulf of Alaska [details]
Nontype USNM 32757, geounit Puget Sound [details]
Nontype USNM 32758, geounit Puget Sound [details]
Paratype USNM 30400, geounit Vancouver Island [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range From low tide to less than 200 m. Pettibone (1962) recorded the species from about 460 m (250 fathoms).  [details]

Distribution Northeast Pacific Ocean, from Alaska to California.  [details]

Etymology The species is named for Mr. Cyril Berkeley and Mrs. Edith Berkeley, ''who kindly sent me the specimens at my request'' (Pettibone, 1962: 78-79).  [details]

Habitat More common on sandy sediments, but also found in mud, normally from subtidal to less than 200 m.  [details]

Reproduction Gravid specimens found in March in British Columbia (USNM 81750), and in May and June in California (CAS 153860, 134768).  [details]

Type locality Departure Bay beach, east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, Northeast Pacific (gazetteer estimate 49.202º, -123.969º).  [details]
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