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Original name (Basionym): Microspio maori Blake 1984
Described from: New Zealand (mainland)
Type locality: Waikanae River Estuary, Wellington
Remarks: Material from a range of sites in North and South Island, all from G. Read estuarine collections.
Source: Blake, J.A. 1984 : Four new species of Spionidae (Polychaeta) from New Zealand, with comments on a syntype of Spio aequalis Ehlers from Chatham Island Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 97: 148-159.
Data last edited 29/08/2004 (dd/mm/yy), and page last generated by G. Read, 13/09/2004 (dd/mm/yy)