Sternaspis thalassemoides

Sternaspis thalassemoides, 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 thalassemoides

Name

Sternaspis thalassemoides Otto, 1820

Type locality: Tyrrhenian Sea, Bay of Naples, Italy, Mediterranean Sea.

Neotype: ZMUC POL-2159, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Naples. 1928, no further data.

⧼Paraneotypes⧽: ZMUC POL-2160, 3 specimens, same data as holotype.

Synonymy

• Sternaspis assimilis Malmgren, 1867

References

Primary references

• Otto, A.W. 1820. De Sternaspide thalassemoideo et Siphostomate diplochaito vermibus duobus marinis. Vratislaviae. MDCCCXX: pp.16, 2 plates. PDF 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.  [description, reinstallation, neotype designation]

Additional references

• Malmgren, A.J. 1867. Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.13358 BHL. Reference page.  [see page 87 original description of Sternaspis assimilis]

Links

• Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Sternaspis thalassemoides Otto, 1820. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338201 on 2020-09-25

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

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