Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Spionida > Suborder Spioniformia > Family Spionidae

Apoprionospio Foster, 1969

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Apoprionospio pygmaea (Hartman, 1961)

Literature

original description	Foster, N.M. (1969). New species of spionids (Polychaeta) from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea with a partial revision of the genus Prionospio. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 82(38): 381-400.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
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.
additional source	Foster, Nancy Marie. (1971). Spionidae (Polychaeta) of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands. 36(129): 1-183.
status source	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). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London. 84: 325-383.
status source	Sigvaldadóttir, E. (1998). Cladistic analysis and classification of Prionospio and related general (Polychaeta, Spionidae). Zoologica Scripta. 27(3): 175-187.
status source	Blake, James A., Maciolek, Nancy J. & Meißner, Karin. (2019). Spionidae Grube, 1850. [book chapter]. pp. 1–103. Chapter 7.4.1 In: Purschke, G., Westheide, W. & Böggemann, M. (Eds.), Handbook of Zoology. Annelida. Band 2. Pleistoannelida, Sedentaria II. De Gruyter, Berlin.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Apoprionospio Foster, 1969. 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:129606