WoRMS source details
Spiophanes Grube, 1860 (identification resource)
Spiophanes Grube, 1860 (additional source)
Spiophanes afer Meißner, 2005 (original description)
Spiophanes algidus Meißner, 2005 (original description)
Spiophanes aucklandicus Meißner, 2005 (original description)
Spiophanes berkeleyorum Pettibone, 1962 (redescription)
Spiophanes chilensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1965 accepted as Spiophanes duplex (Chamberlin, 1919) (source of synonymy)
Spiophanes inflatus Meißner, 2005 (original description)
Spiophanes kimballi Meißner, 2005 (original description)
Spiophanes kroyeri Grube, 1860 (redescription)
Spiophanes kroyeri reyssi Laubier, 1964 accepted as Spiophanes reyssi Laubier, 1964 (status source)
Spiophanes longicirris Caullery, 1915 (redescription)
Spiophanes longisetus Meißner, 2005 (original description)
Spiophanes malayensis Caullery, 1915 (additional source)
Spiophanes mediterraneus Meißner, 2005 (original description)
Spiophanes missionensis Hartman, 1941 accepted as Spiophanes duplex (Chamberlin, 1919) (status source)
Spiophanes reyssi Laubier, 1964 (status source)
Spiophanes similis Meißner, 2005 (original description)
Spiophanes soderstromi Hartman, 1953 accepted as Spiophanes duplex (Chamberlin, 1919) (source of synonymy)
Balear Sea for Spiophanes afer Meißner, 2005
Crozet Islands Exclusive Economic Zone for Spiophanes algidus Meißner, 2005
Durban for Spiophanes inflatus Meißner, 2005
Greenland Sea for Spiophanes kroyeri Grube, 1860
Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone for Spiophanes mediterraneus Meißner, 2005
Northern California for Spiophanes kimballi Meißner, 2005
United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean for Spiophanes longisetus Meißner, 2005
Nontype CAS 153860, geounit Monterey Bay, identified as Spiophanes berkeleyorum Pettibone, 1962
Holotype SAMC 21466, verbatimGeounit near Crozet Islands,..., identified as Spiophanes algidus Meißner, 2005
Nontype CAS 23817, geounit Gulf of Alaska, identified as Spiophanes berkeleyorum Pettibone, 1962
Holotype MNCN 2571, verbatimGeounit off spain, Mediterra..., identified as Spiophanes afer Meißner, 2005
Holotype SMF 4513, verbatimGeounit Offshore Israel, Med..., identified as Spiophanes mediterraneus Meißner, 2005
Holotype LACM-AHF POLY 2140, verbatimGeounit Milne Edwards Deep, ..., identified as Spiophanes similis Meißner, 2005
Holotype LACM-AHF POLY 2143, verbatimGeounit USA offshore, along ..., identified as Spiophanes longisetus Meißner, 2005
Holotype LACM-AHF POLY 2144, verbatimGeounit off Durban, South Af..., identified as Spiophanes inflatus Meißner, 2005
Lectotype ZMB Q4746, verbatimGeounit Greenland Sea, North..., identified as Spiophanes kroyeri Grube, 1860
Holotype AM W28630, verbatimGeounit Waterfall Inlet, Auc..., identified as Spiophanes aucklandicus Meißner, 2005
Not stated by the author. Type said to be intertidal by Blake (1996: 149) and Meißner (2005: 31). [details]
From low tide to less than 200 m. Pettibone (1962) recorded the species from about 460 m (250 fathoms). [details]
Northeast Pacific Ocean, from Alaska to California. [details]
afer is Latin for Africa, referring to the species’ distribution around the African continent. [details]
algidus is Latin for cold, referring to the occurrence of the species in cold waters of the Southern Ocean. [details]
inflatus is Latin for puffed up, swollen, thickened, and refers to the swollen margins of postchaetal lobes on ... [details]
refers to A. Kimball, a person who had formerly worked on the material. [details]
'longisetus' refers to unique character of this species of having very long and granulated notochaetae in parapodia ... [details]
Refers to geographical distribution of the species, so far restricted to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. [details]
similis, Latin for resemble or like, refers to the limited number of diagnostic characters of this species. [details]
More common on sandy sediments, but also found in mud, normally from subtidal to less than 200 m. [details]
Gravid specimens found in March in British Columbia (USNM 81750), and in May and June in California (CAS 153860, ... [details]
The correct spelling is 'kroyeri'. There was no accent in the original spelling. However, the name has been ... [details]
off spain, Mediterranean Sea (between Cape San Antonio and Valencia harbour, approximate geolocation 39.1385, -0.0439) [details]
Near Crozet Islands, Southern Indian Ocean, 45 59′ 48″ S, 49 58′ 18″ E (-45.996667, 49.971667) [details]
Waterfall Inlet, Auckland Island, Auckland Islands, New Zealand, -50.81504, 166.2197 (more precise than as given, ... [details]
off Durban, South Africa, South Indian Ocean, 29 26′ 0″ S, 31 46′ 0″ E (-29.433333, 31.766667) [details]
coastal off N. California, East Pacific, 41 20′ 27.6″ N, 124 26′ 18.6″ W (41.341, -124.4385) [details]
Lectotype locality Greenland Sea, Northwest Atlantic Ocean, regional location approximated at 77.655, -5.976. [details]
USA offshore, along the axis of the Gulf stream, North Atlantic Ocean, 38 33′ 0″ N, 68 32′ 0″ W (38.55, ... [details]
Offshore Israel, Mediterranean Sea, 32 19′ 57.6″ N, 34 31′ 27.6″ E (32.332667, 34.524333) [details]
Milne Edwards Deep, off Peru, South East Pacific, 8 21′ 0″ S, 81 25′ 0″ W (-8.35, -81.41666) [details]