species: Spio blakei in Lizard Island Field Guide (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Spio blakei


©Alexander Semenov: Spio blakei from Coconut Beach, Lizard Island (lab photo).

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Annelida
Class Polychaeta
Family Spionidae
Genus Spio
Species Spio blakei

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 1.1 cm (Length)

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Local abundance

  • Lizard Island: The Polychaete Workshop 2013 found moderate numbers of this species intertidally in sand.

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References

  • Meißner, K. and M. Götting (2015). Spionidae (Annelida: 'Polychaeta': Canalipalpata) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: the genera Malacoceros, Scolelepis, Spio, Microspio, and Spiophanes, Zootaxa, 4019 (1): 378-413. LIRS catalog number 1923.