Species Spio blakei Maciolek, 1990

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• Spio blakei Maciolek, N.J. 1990. A redescription of some species belonging to the genera Spio and Microspio (Polychaeta: Annelida) and descriptions of three new species from the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Natural History 24: 1109-1141 [1110].
• Spio pacifica 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 [228-230] [Spio pacifica Blake & Kudenov, 1978 was a homonym of Spio martinensis pacifica Berkeley, 1927.].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV G2939, Towra Point, Botany Bay, NSW.
  Paratype(s) NMV G2940 27 specimens, Middle Banks, Moreton Bay, Qld; AM W13022-31 66 specimens, Botany Bay, NSW; NMV G2941-44 41 specimens, Botany Bay, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, sublittoral.

Citations

Spio pacificaa.
—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 [1–20].
—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 [62].

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