Sternaspidae

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
Genera (3): Caulleryaspis – Mauretanaspis – Petersenaspis – Sternaspis

Name

Sternaspidae Carus, 1863

Type genus: Sternaspis Otto, 1820 (by monotypy)

References

Primary references

• Carus, J.V. 1863. Vermes. In W.C.H. Peters, J.V. Carus & C.E.A. Gerstäcker (eds.), Handbuch der zoologie: Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, pp. 422–484. BHL Reference page.  [original description: p. 453]

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. 
• Salazar-Vallejo, S.I. 2017. Six new tropical sternaspid species (Annelida, Sternaspidae) with keys to identify genera and species. Zoological Studies. 56(32): 1—16. DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2017.56-32 Reference page. 
• Salazar-Vallejo, S.I.; Buzhinskaja, G.N. 2013: Six new deep-water sternaspid species (Annelida, Sternaspidae) from the Pacific Ocean. ZooKeys 348: 1-27. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.348.5449 Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Wu, X-W. & Xu, K-D. 2017. Diversity of Sternaspidae (Annelida: Terebellida) in the South China Sea, with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 4244(3): 403–415. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.3.8 ResearchGate . Reference page. 

Links

• WoRMS (2020). Sternaspidae Carus, 1863. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=974 on 2020-09-12

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