Prionospio
Creators: name: Dagli, Ertan
name: Çinar, Melih Ertan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Spionida
Spionidae
Prionospio

description: Key to the species of the subgenera Prionospio (Prionospio) and P. (Aquilaspio) from the Levantine coast of Turkey
1. Branchiae pinnate and apinnate (subgenus Prionospio) ............................................................................................. 2
- Branchiae pinnate (subgenus Aquilaspio)..................................................................................................................... 9
2. First and fourth pairs of branchiae pinnate, second and third pairs apinnate .............................................................. 3
- Branchiae arranged otherwise...................................................................................................................................... 6
3. Without dorsal crests..................................................................................................... Prionospio (Prionospio) dubia
- With dorsal crests.......................................................................................................................................................... 4
4. Dorsal crest present only on chaetiger 7, branchiae with sparse pinnules................................................. P. (P.) fallax
- Dorsal crest present on more than one chaetiger ........................................................................................................ 5
5. Two pairs of distinct eyes, dorsal crests present on chaetigers 7–16 ............................................. P. (P.) depauperata
- Two pairs of indistinct eyes, dorsal crests present on chaetigers 6–19 .............................................. P. (P.) steenstrupi
6. First three pairs of branchiae pinnate, last pair apinnate ................................................................ P. (P.) ergeni n. sp.
- Branchiae arranged otherwise ..................................................................................................................................... 7
7. First three pairs of branchiae apinnate, last pair pinnate ...................................................................... P. (P.) caspersi
- First pair of branchiae pinnate, remaining apinnate ................................................................................................... 8
8. Interparapodial pouches first present between chaetigers 2–3 ............................................................ P. (P.) saccifera
- Interparapodial pouches first present between chaetigers 4–5 ................................................................ P. (P.) ehlersi
9. Three pairs of branchiae .................................................................................................................. P. (A.) krusadensis
- Two pairs of branchiae ...................................................................................................................... P. (A.) s exoculata
description: Published as part of Dagli, Ertan & Çinar, Melih Ertan, 2009, Species of the subgenera Aquilaspio and Prionospio (Polychaeta: Spionidae: Prionospio) from the southern coast of Turkey (Levantine Sea, eastern Mediterranean), with description of a new species and two new reports for the Mediterranean fauna, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2275 on pages 17-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.191050