Prionospio, Malmgren, 1867

Hektoen, Atlantic Martin M., Radashevsky, Vasily I., Bakken, Torkild, Dunshea, Glenn & Ekrem, Torbjørn, 2024, Species delimitation and phylogenetic relationships of the Prionospio complex (Annelida, Spionidae) in the Northeast Atlantic, Zoologica Scripta 53 (3), pp. 358-375 : 365

3.3 | Geographical distribution of Prionospio and Aurospio

Genetic data in this study provide new knowledge about the geographical distribution of all examined species and confirm wide distribution for some of them. Prionospio cf. dubia exhibited the widest distribution from Northern Norway to the Democratic Republic of Congo in the Gulf of Guinea (Figure 2). Prionospio sp. 7 was found in both West African and Norwegian offshore waters (Figure 2). Prionospio cirrifera was in samples from the Laptev Sea to Skagerrak (Figure 3), and P. plumosa was found along the Norwegian coast and in deep waters in the eastern Mediterranean (Figure 2). Specimens of A. banyulensis were found in the Western Mediterranean (type locality) as well as in Skagerrak, and the northern Norwegian Sea (Figure 2). Prionospio multibranchiata was not confirmed in Atlantic waters but was found on both sides of the North Pacific Ocean. Prionospio fallax (Figure 3), Prionospio sp. 3 (Figure 3), and Prionospio sp. 6 (Figure 2) were only present in samples from the southwestern coast of Norway.