WoRMS taxon details
Heterospio indica Parapar, Vijapure, Moreira & Sukumaran, 2016
885021 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:885021)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Parapar, Julio; Vijapure, Tejal; Moreira, Juan; Sukumaran, Soniya. (2016). A new species of <i>Heterospio</i> (Annelida, Longosomatidae) from the Indian Ocean. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 220: 1-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2016.220
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Holotype MNCN 16.01/16996, geounit Goa
, Note off Malvan, western India coast, Arabian Sea,...
Holotype MNCN 16.01/16996, geounit Goa [details]
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Type locality off Malvan, western India coast, Arabian Sea, 16.0270°, 73.4249°, 20 m, clayey silt [details]
Depth range 2.5–88 m (Arabian Sea); 507 m (Red Sea).
Distribution Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea (W India; Pakistan); Red Sea (Sudan).
Etymology named for the Indian Ocean
Depth range 2.5–88 m (Arabian Sea); 507 m (Red Sea). [details]
Distribution Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea (W India; Pakistan); Red Sea (Sudan).
Distribution Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea (W India; Pakistan); Red Sea (Sudan). [details]
Etymology named for the Indian Ocean
Etymology named for the Indian Ocean [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Heterospio indica Parapar, Vijapure, Moreira & Sukumaran, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=885021 on 2025-04-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Parapar, Julio; Vijapure, Tejal; Moreira, Juan; Sukumaran, Soniya. (2016). A new species of <i>Heterospio</i> (Annelida, Longosomatidae) from the Indian Ocean. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 220: 1-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2016.220
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Blake, James A.; Maciolek, Nancy J. (2023). New species and records of Heterospio (Annelida, Longosomatidae) from continental shelf, slope and abyssal depths of the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and adjacent seas. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5260(1): 1-74., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5260.1.1/50353
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page(s): 59, figure 29; note: description of two further specimens from the Arabian Sea [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype MNCN 16.01/16996, geounit Goa [details]
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Depth range 2.5–88 m (Arabian Sea); 507 m (Red Sea). [details]Diagnosis Eight anterior chaetigers short; chaetiger 9 (CH9) first elongated segment. Eight pairs of branchiae in fully developed individuals. Chaetae forming cinctures from CH10, provided with both thin and robust capillary chaetae arranged in two rows; both types of chaetae highly flattened in distal half; from CH14 robust capillary chaetae without fine distal end, subuluncini-like, thicker than on previous chaetigers. Aristate chaetae and acicular hooks not observed on elongated segments. [details]
Distribution Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea (W India; Pakistan); Red Sea (Sudan). [details]
Etymology named for the Indian Ocean [details]
Habitat Shallow water records (2.5–22 m) from clayey silt and sandy silt sediments. [details]
Type locality off Malvan, western India coast, Arabian Sea, 16.0270°, 73.4249°, 20 m, clayey silt [details]
