WoRMS name details
Spio viridis Johnston, 1828
338567 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338567)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Johnston, George. (1828). [part 3] Art. L Contributions to the British fauna [continued from p.336]. <em>The Zoological Journal.</em> 3: 486--491., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27486012
page(s): 486; note: In the preceding part Johnston had described Spio vulgaris, and here compares the two species [details]
page(s): 486; note: In the preceding part Johnston had described Spio vulgaris, and here compares the two species [details]
Type locality contained in United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Atlantic Ocean, Great Britain
type locality contained in United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Great Britain [details]
Taxonomy See also Nerine coniocephala, a new name Johnston, 1838 created for his species.
Taxonomy See also Nerine coniocephala, a new name Johnston, 1838 created for his species. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Spio viridis Johnston, 1828. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338567 on 2024-11-10
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original description
Johnston, George. (1828). [part 3] Art. L Contributions to the British fauna [continued from p.336]. <em>The Zoological Journal.</em> 3: 486--491., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27486012
page(s): 486; note: In the preceding part Johnston had described Spio vulgaris, and here compares the two species [details]
source of synonymy 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): 143; note: included by McIntosh in a synonymy of Nerine foliosa Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833, but is senior to it. [details]
page(s): 486; note: In the preceding part Johnston had described Spio vulgaris, and here compares the two species [details]
source of synonymy 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): 143; note: included by McIntosh in a synonymy of Nerine foliosa Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833, but is senior to it. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Spio viridis appears senior to Aonis foliosa Audouin & Milne Edwards 1833, yet taxonomists of the time, aware of the apparent synonymy, preferred the name created by Audouin & Milne Edwards and regarded Spio viridis as invalid, for reasons as yet unknown (possibly just a mistake). [details]Taxonomy See also Nerine coniocephala, a new name Johnston, 1838 created for his species. [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Great Britain [details]
