Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Terebellida > Suborder Cirratuliformia > Family Longosomatidae

Heterospio Ehlers, 1874

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Heterospio longissima Ehlers, 1874
Heterospio mediterranea Laubier, Picard & Ramos, 1974
Heterospio reducta Laubier, Picard & Ramos, 1974

Literature

original description	Ehlers, E. (1874). Annulata nova vel minus cognita in Expeditione 'Porcupine' capta. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 4, 13: 292-298.
additional source	Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. [Book chapter]. Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
additional source	Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231.
redescription	Ehlers, E. (1875). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Verticalverbreitung der Borstenwürmer im Meere. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 25: 1-102, plates I-IV.
taxonomy source	Parapar, Julio; Aguirrezabalaga, Florencio; Moreira, Juan. (2014). First record of Longosomatidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Iceland with a worldwide review of diagnostic characters of the family. Journal of Natural History. 48(17-18): 983-998.
taxonomy source	Blake, James A.; Maciolek, Nancy J. (2023). New species and records of Heterospio (Annelida, Longosomatidae) from continental shelf, slope and abyssal depths of the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and adjacent seas. Zootaxa. 5260(1): 1-74.
identification resource	Parapar, Julio; Vijapure, Tejal; Moreira, Juan; Sukumaran, Soniya. (2016). A new species of Heterospio (Annelida, Longosomatidae) from the Indian Ocean. European Journal of Taxonomy. 220: 1-17.
identification resource	Bochert, R.; Zettler, M. L. (2009). A New Species of Heterospio (Polychaeta, Longosomatidae) from Offshore Angola. Zoological Science. 26(10): 735-737.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Heterospio Ehlers, 1874. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129325