Sternaspis fossor

Sternaspis fossor

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 fossor

Name

Sternaspis fossor Stimpson, 1853

Type locality: (Neotype) Northwestern Atlantic Ocean, Canada.

Holotype: USNM 15543, 88 km E Cape Sable, Nova Scotia, 153 m, mud, 6 Oct. 1909, O. Bryant, coll.

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 and neotype designation]
• Stimpson, W. 1853. Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan: or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.30062 Reference page.  [see page 29, original description]

Links

• Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Sternaspis fossor Stimpson, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131241 on 2020-09-26

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

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