Sternaspis affinis

Sternaspis affinis, neotype.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Terebellida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Annelida Classis: Polychaeta Subclassis: Palpata Ordo: Canalipalpata Subordo: Terebellida

Familia: Sternaspidae
Genus: Sternaspis
Species: Sternaspis affinis

Name

Sternaspis affinis Stimpson, 1864

Type locality: Canada, British Columbia, Strait of Georgia.

Neotype: RBCM 005-138-001, Canada, British Columbia, Strait of Georgia, 49°10'47"N, 123°18'02"W, 80 m, 13-III-2003.

Paraneotype: RBCM 005-138-002, 15 specimens, same data as neotype.

References

Primary references

• Sendall, K.; Salazar-Vallejo, S.I. 2013: Revision of Sternaspis Otto, 1821 (Polychaeta, Sternaspidae). ZooKeys 286: 1-74. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.286.4438 Reference page.  [description, neotype and paraneotypes designation]
• Stimpson, W. 1864. Descriptions of new species of marine Invertebrata from Puget Sound, collected by the naturalists of the North-West Boundary Commission, A.H. Campbell, Esq., Commissioner. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 16: 153-161. BHL Reference page.  [see page 159, original description]

Additional references

• Drennan, R., Wiklund, H., Rouse, G.W., Georgieva, M.N., Wu, X.-W., Kobayashi, G., Yoshino, K., Glover, A.G. 2019. Taxonomy and phylogeny of mud owls (Annelida: Sternaspidae), including a new synonymy and new records from the Southern Ocean, North East Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean: challenges in morphological delimitation. Marine Biodiversity. 49: 2659–2697. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-019-00998-0 Reference page. 

Links

• Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Sternaspis affinis Stimpson, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338196 on 2020-09-24

• BHL bibliography
• Sternaspis affinis – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Sternaspis affinis.
• ION

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