Moore, 1907 : 195
Amoureux, 1985 : 102
Prionospio ( Minuspio ) heterobranchia
Maciolek, 1985 : 341
Gobin, 1990 : 43
Taxonomic catalogue of the Spionidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) of the Grand Caribbean
Delgado-Blas, Victor Hugo
Salazar-Silva, Patricia
Zootaxa
2011
2782
39
66
788D9
Moore, 1907
Moore
1907
[151,639,475,502]
Polychaeta
Spionidae
Prionospio
Animalia
Spionida
15
54
Annelida
species
heterobranchia
Prionospio heterobranchia Moore, 1907: 195—197, plate 15, figs 1–6.— Amoureux, 1985: 102. Prionospio( Minuspio) heterobranchia.— Maciolek, 1985: 341–343, fig. 5.— Gobin, 1990: 43.
Typelocality.Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA, on soft sediment. Typematerial. Holotype( ANSP850). Records. USA: off Pierce Inlet, Florida ( Maciolek 1985). Guadaloupe ( Gillet 1987, Amoureux 1985). Trinidad and Tobago: Oropuche ( Gobin 1990).
Remarks.This species is easily distinguished by having five pairs of branchiae, three of which have digitiform pinnules, and by the extremely large posterior pair of prostomial eyes. Foster (1971a)proposed the synonymy of Prionospio heterobranchia texana Hartman, 1951, and P. h. newportensis Reish, 1959, with P. heterobranchia,and this was followed by Maciolek (1985). The record of P. heterobranchiain the Grand Caribbean is questionable, requiring comparison with the typematerial.