WoRMS name details
Euspio mesnili McIntosh, 1915
338457 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338457)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
Euspio McIntosh, 1915 accepted as Spio Fabricius, 1785
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
McIntosh, William Carmichel. (1915). Polychaeta, Opheliidae to Ammocharidae. <em>A Monograph of the British Marine Annelids.</em> The Ray Society, London, 3 (1): i-viii, 1-368 (text)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38532650
page(s): 176-179, plate XCVI, figs. 7, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d, plate XCVIII fig. 6, plate CV figs.11, 11a, 11b, 16 [details]
page(s): 176-179, plate XCVI, figs. 7, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d, plate XCVIII fig. 6, plate CV figs.11, 11a, 11b, 16 [details]
Note Bressay Sound, Shetland Islands, Scotland,...
From editor or global species database
Type locality Bressay Sound, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, northern North Sea, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 60.12°, 01.15°). [details]
Depth range 8 fathoms (about 15 m).
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Shetland Islands (northern North Sea).
Etymology "The specific name is in honour of Prof. Mesnil" (McIntosh, 1915: 176, footnote).
Depth range 8 fathoms (about 15 m). [details]
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Shetland Islands (northern North Sea).
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Shetland Islands (northern North Sea). [details]
Etymology "The specific name is in honour of Prof. Mesnil" (McIntosh, 1915: 176, footnote).
Etymology "The specific name is in honour of Prof. Mesnil" (McIntosh, 1915: 176, footnote). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Euspio mesnili McIntosh, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338457 on 2025-04-12
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Nomenclature
original description
McIntosh, William Carmichel. (1915). Polychaeta, Opheliidae to Ammocharidae. <em>A Monograph of the British Marine Annelids.</em> The Ray Society, London, 3 (1): i-viii, 1-368 (text)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38532650
page(s): 176-179, plate XCVI, figs. 7, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d, plate XCVIII fig. 6, plate CV figs.11, 11a, 11b, 16 [details]
new combination reference Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1920). The polychaetes collected by the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18. <em>Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18.</em> 9B: 1-41, plates 1-6., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37673125
page(s): 16; note: as Spio mesnili (McIntosh, 1915) [details]
page(s): 176-179, plate XCVI, figs. 7, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d, plate XCVIII fig. 6, plate CV figs.11, 11a, 11b, 16 [details]
new combination reference Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1920). The polychaetes collected by the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18. <em>Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18.</em> 9B: 1-41, plates 1-6., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37673125
page(s): 16; note: as Spio mesnili (McIntosh, 1915) [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Fauvel, P. (1927). Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires. <em>Faune de France Volume 16. Paul Lechevalier. Paris.</em> 1-494., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/P.FAUVEL(FdeFr16)Polychetes-sendentaires.pdf
page(s): 43; note: with Spio filicornis (Müller, 1776) [details]
page(s): 43; note: with Spio filicornis (Müller, 1776) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Depth range 8 fathoms (about 15 m). [details]Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Shetland Islands (northern North Sea). [details]
Editor's comment Probable species inquirenda, and recombined as Spio mesnili is unreplaced junior homonym. [details]
Etymology "The specific name is in honour of Prof. Mesnil" (McIntosh, 1915: 176, footnote). [details]
Habitat Not stated. [details]
Reproduction "The specimen [collected the July 1871] is a female with small ova" (McIntosh, 1915: 179). [details]
Type locality Bressay Sound, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, northern North Sea, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 60.12°, 01.15°). [details]
