Microspio Mesnil, 1896

Götting, Miriam, 2015, Spionidae (Annelida: ‘ Polychaeta’: Canalipalpata) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: the genera Malacoceros, Scolelepis, Spio, Microspio, and Spiophanes, Zootaxa 4019 (1), pp. 378-413 : 399

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.15
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5665412
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scientific name	Microspio Mesnil, 1896
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Genus Microspio Mesnil, 1896 View in CoL

Microspio Mesnil, 1896 View in CoL ; type-species: Spio mecznikowianus Claparède, 1869 View in CoL .

Mesospio Gravier, 1911 View in CoL ; type-species: Mesospio moorei Gravier, 1911 View in CoL , by monotypy.

Diagnosis. Prostomium anteriorly rounded to deeply incised, frontal or lateral horns always absent; eyes present or absent; occipital antenna present or absent. Nuchal organ with short median and long lateral ciliary bands, extending to chaetiger 2 or 3; metameric dorsal ciliated organs present. Branchiae present from chaetiger 2, restricted to anterior region or continuing to posterior end of body; partly fused at base with notopodial postchaetal lamellae. Notochaetae and anterior neurochaetae all capillaries; capillaries, hooded hooks and inferior sabre chaetae on middle and posterior chaetigers; hooks bi-, tri-, or multidentate. Pygidium with 2–4 anal cirri.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Annelida
Class	Polychaeta
Order	Spionida
Family	Spionidae