Genus Prionospio Malmgren, 1867

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia


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IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

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Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

Nearctic Region

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

Citations

Prionospio.
—Blake, J.A. & Kudenov, J.D. 1978. The Spionidae (Polychaeta) from southeastern Australia and adjacent areas with a revision of the genera. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 39: 171–280 [211–212].
—Wilson, R.S. 1990. Prionospio and Paraprionospio (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from southern Australia. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 50: 243–274 [245–246].

 

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Species Prionospio anneae Radashevsky, 2015

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.


IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

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Species Prionospio aucklandica Augener, 1923

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia


IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, intertidal, seagrass, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Seagrass beds and coralline algae.

 

Citations

Prionospio aucklandica.
—Augener, H. 1926. Papers from Dr. T.H. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914–16. XXXIV. Polychaeta III. Polychaeten von Neuseeland. II. Sedentaria. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Førenig i København 81: 157–294 [158–159, fig. 1].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Murray, A. 1984. Taxonomy of Polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 3: 1–118 [60].

Aquilaspio aucklandica.
—Hutchings, P. & Rainer, S.F. 1979. The polychaete fauna of Careel Bay, Pittwater, New South Wales, Australia. Journal of Natural History 13: 745–796 [763].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Turvey, S.P. 1984. The Spionidae of South Australia (Annelida: Polychaeta). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 108: 1–20 [8–9].

 

General References

Blake, J.A. & Kudenov, J.D. 1978. The Spionidae (Polychaeta) from southeastern Australia and adjacent areas with a revision of the genera. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 39: 171-280 [221-222, fig. 25b-g] (as Prionospio (Aquilaspio) aucklandica)

Foster, N.M. 1971. Spionidae (Polychaeta) of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 36: 1-183 [105-106] (as Aquilaspio aucklandica)

Hutchings, P.A. & Recher, H.F. 1974. The fauna of Careel Bay with comments on the eceology of mangrove and seagrass communities. The Australian Zoologist 18(2): 99-128 [105] (as Prionospio sp.)

 

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Species Prionospio australiensis Blake & Kudenov, 1978

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Moreton Bay, QLD.

Known only from type locality.


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IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

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Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Sublittoral.

 

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Species Prionospio cerastae Radashevsky, 2015

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.


IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

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Species Prionospio cooki Radashevsky, 2015

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.


IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

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Species Prionospio coorilla Wilson, 1990


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IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

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Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, sublittoral.

 

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Species Prionospio dubia Day, 1961

 

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IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

37–630 m depth.

 

Misidentifications

as Prionospio steenstrupi.
—Blake, J.A. & Kudenov, J.D. 1978. The Spionidae (Polychaeta) from southeastern Australia and adjacent areas with a revision of the genera. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 39: 171–280 [213, fig. 20a] (in part).

 

General References

Maciolek, N.J. 1985. A revision of the genus Prionospio Malmgren, with special emphasis on species from the Atlantic Ocean, and new records of species belonging to the genera Apoprionospio Foster and Paraprionospio Caullery (Polychaeta, Annelida, Spionidae). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 84: 325-383 [336-339, figs 2-3] (as Prionospio (Prionospio) dubia, in part)

 

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Species Prionospio ehlersi Fauvel, 1928

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

E North America, South America.


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IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

Palaearctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

Subtidal.

 

Citations

Prionospio ehlersi.
—Fauvel, P. 1936. Annélides polychetes du Japon. Memoirs of Collective Science of Kyoto University (Series B) 12: 41–92 [61].
—Hartman, O. 1965. Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic areas. Allan Hancock Foundation Publications Occasional Papers 28: 1–378 [151].
—Day, J.H. 1967. A Monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Pt 1, Erranta pp. 1–458; Pt 2, Sedentaria pp. 459–878. London : Publication of the British Museum (Natural History) [490].
—Hartman, O. & Fauchald, K. 1971. Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic Areas. Part II. Allan Hancock Foundation Monographs in Marine Biology 6: 1–327 [105].
—Gibbs, P.E. 1971. The Polychaete fauna of the Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Zoology) 21(5): 101–211 [170].
—Blake, J.A. & Kudenov, J.D. 1978. The Spionidae (Polychaeta) from southeastern Australia and adjacent areas with a revision of the genera. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 39: 171–280 [217, fig. 20m].

 

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Species Prionospio fallax Söderström, 1920

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.


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IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Down to 500 m depth.

 

Citations

Prionospio fallax.
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1979. Teil 2. Die Polychaeten der tropischen Nordwestküste Australiens (zwischen Derby im Norden und Port Hedland im Süden). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 75–218 pp. [135, fig. 303].

 

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Species Prionospio kirrae Wilson, 1990

 

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IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

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Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

29–84 m depth.

 

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Species Prionospio kulin Wilson, 1990


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Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland


IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

16–37 m depth.

 

Misidentifications

as Prionospio steenstrupi.
—Blake, J.A. & Kudenov, J.D. 1978. The Spionidae (Polychaeta) from southeastern Australia and adjacent areas with a revision of the genera. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 39: 171–280 [213, fig. 20a] (in part).

 

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Species Prionospio lanceolata Hartmann-Schröder, 1979

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Broome, WA.

Known only from type locality.


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IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, mangrove, sublittoral.

 

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Species Prionospio lyeli Radashevsky, 2015

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.


IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

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Species Prionospio multicristata Hutchings & Rainer, 1979

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia


IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, estuary, sublittoral.

 

Citations

Prionospio multicristata.
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1982. Teil 8. Die Polychaeten der subtropisch-antiborealen Westküste Australiens (zwischen Cervantes im Norden und Cape Naturaliste im Süden). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 51–118 pp. [86–87].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Turvey, S.P. 1984. The Spionidae of South Australia (Annelida: Polychaeta). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 108: 1–20 [11–12].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Murray, A. 1984. Taxonomy of Polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 3: 1–118 [60].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1984. Teil 10. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südküste Australiens (zwischen Albany im Westen und Ceduna im Osten). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 7–62 pp. [36].
—Wilson, R.S. 1990. Prionospio and Paraprionospio (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from southern Australia. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 50: 243–274 [256].

Misidentifications

as Prionospio sp.
—Hutchings, P.A. & Recher, H.F. 1974. The fauna of Careel Bay with comments on the eceology of mangrove and seagrass communities. Australian Zoologist 18(2): 99–128 [105, 119] (in part).

as Prionospio malmgreni.
—Hutchings, P.A. 1974. Polychaeta of Wallis Lake, New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 98: 175–195 [182].

 

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Species Prionospio multipinnulata Blake & Kudenov, 1978

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania


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IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Sand bottom, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Amongst seagrass and algae, and under rocks.

 

Citations

Prionospio multipinnulata.
—Hutchings, P.A. & Murray, A. 1984. Taxonomy of Polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 3: 1–118 [61].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1985. Teil 11. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südküste Australiens (zwischen Port Lincoln im Westen und Port Augusta im Osten). 61–99 in Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 82 [81–82, fig. 41].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1986. Teil 12. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südküste Australiens (zwischen Wallaroo im Westen und Port MacDonnell im Osten). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 31–70 pp. [54].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1989. Teil 14. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen und subtropisch-tropischen Küste Südost-Australiens zwischen Lakes Entrance (Victoria) im Süden und Maclean (New South Wales) im Norden. In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 11–63 pp. [44].
—Wilson, R.S. 1990. Prionospio and Paraprionospio (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from southern Australia. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 50: 243–274 [256–257].

 

General References

Hutchings, P.A. & Turvey, S.P. 1984. The Spionidae of South Australia (Annelida: Polychaeta). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 108: 1-20 [9] (as Aquilaspio multipinnulata)

 

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Species Prionospio nirripa Wilson, 1990


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IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, mud bottom, sand bottom, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

21–99 m depth.

 

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Species Prionospio paucipinnulata Blake & Kudenov, 1978

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


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IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Sublittoral.

 

Citations

Prionospio paucipinnulata.
—Hutchings, P.A. & Murray, A. 1984. Taxonomy of Polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 3: 1–118 [61].

 

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Species Prionospio pilkena Wilson, 1990


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Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

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Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

27–113 m depth.

 

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Species Prionospio pyramidalis (Hutchings & Turvey, 1984)


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Distribution

States

South Australia


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IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Intertidally amongst algae, seagrass and under rocks, subtidally among rocks and sponges.

 

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Species Prionospio queenslandica Blake & Kudenov, 1978

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


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IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary.

Extra Ecological Information

4–12 m depth.

 

Citations

Prionospio queenslandica.
—Hutchings, P.A. & Murray, A. 1984. Taxonomy of Polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 3: 1–118 [61].

 

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Species Prionospio sexoculata Augener, 1918

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


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IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

Oriental Region

Ecological Descriptors

Sublittoral.

 

General References

Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1981. Teil 6. Die Polychaeten der tropisch-asubtropischen Westküste Australiens (zwischen Exmouth im Norden und Cervantes im Süden). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 78: 19-96 pp. [50-51, figs 119-122] (as Prionospio (Aquilaspio) sexoculata)

 

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Species Prionospio tatura Wilson, 1990


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Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, sublittoral.

 

Misidentifications

as Prionospio (Minuspio) cirrifera.
—Blake, J.A. & Kudenov, J.D. 1978. The Spionidae (Polychaeta) from southeastern Australia and adjacent areas with a revision of the genera. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 39: 171–280 [222–224, fig. 25a] (in part).

Misidentifications

Not Wirén, 1883.
-Wirén, A., 1883. Chaetopoda fran Sibiriska Ishafvet och Berings Haf isnamlade under Vega-Expeditionen 1878-79. Vega-Expeditionen-Vetenskapliga Iakttagelser 2:383-428

 

History of changes

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Species Prionospio thalanji Wilson, 2001


Compiler and date details

Jan 2011 - P. Hutchings & M. Yerman, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Cave dweller.

 

History of changes

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Species Prionospio tridentata Blake & Kudenov, 1978

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, intertidal, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Intertidal seagrass beds and down to 12 m depth in sandy mud.

 

Citations

Prionospio tridentata.
—Hutchings, P.A. & Murray, A. 1984. Taxonomy of Polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 3: 1–118 [61]

 

History of changes

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Species Prionospio wambiri Wilson, 1990


Compiler and date details

Jan 2011 - P. Hutchings & M. Yerman, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Intertidal down to 55 m depth.

 

Misidentifications

as Minuspio cirrifera.
—Hutchings, P.A. & Murray, A. 1984. Taxonomy of Polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 3: 1–118 [59] (in part).

 

History of changes

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Species Prionospio yuriel Wilson, 1990

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, estuary, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Down to 81 m depth.

 

Misidentifications

as Prionospio (Minuspio) cirrifera.
—Blake, J.A. & Kudenov, J.D. 1978. The Spionidae (Polychaeta) from southeastern Australia and adjacent areas with a revision of the genera. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 39: 171–280 [222–224, fig. 25a] (in part).

as Minuspio cirrifera.
—Hutchings, P.A. & Turvey, S.P. 1984. The Spionidae of South Australia (Annelida: Polychaeta). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 108: 1–20 [11].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Murray, A. 1984. Taxonomy of Polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 3: 1–118 [59].

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
17-Oct-2023 29-Oct-2010 MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023 16-Sep-2010 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)