Traits taxon details
Sternaspis affinis Stimpson, 1864
338196 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338196)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Stimpson, William. (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. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 16(3): 153-161., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1942749
page(s): 159; note: no figures [details]
page(s): 159; note: no figures [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sternaspis affinis Stimpson, 1864. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338196 on 2025-05-11
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Sternaspis affinis Stimpson, 1864. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338196 on 2025-05-11
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original description
Stimpson, William. (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. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 16(3): 153-161., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1942749
page(s): 159; note: no figures [details]
taxonomy source Drennan, Regan; Wiklund, Helena; Rouse, Greg W.; Georgieva, Magdalena N.; Wu, Xuwen; Kobayashi, Genki; Yoshino, Kenji; Glover, Adrian 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. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> efirst: 1-39., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12526-019-00998-0
page(s): 9 of 39, figure 5; note: description and figures and taxonomic remarks re Atlantic Ocean Sternaspis fossor [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
source of synonymy Fauvel, P. (1927). Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires. <em>Faune de France Volume 16. Paul Lechevalier. Paris.</em> 1-494., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/P.FAUVEL(FdeFr16)Polychetes-sendentaires.pdf [details]
redescription Sendall, Kelly; Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio. 2013. Revision of Sternaspis Otto, 1821 (Polychaeta, Sternaspidae). ZooKeys 286(0): 1-74
page(s): 23 [details]
page(s): 159; note: no figures [details]
taxonomy source Drennan, Regan; Wiklund, Helena; Rouse, Greg W.; Georgieva, Magdalena N.; Wu, Xuwen; Kobayashi, Genki; Yoshino, Kenji; Glover, Adrian 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. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> efirst: 1-39., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12526-019-00998-0
page(s): 9 of 39, figure 5; note: description and figures and taxonomic remarks re Atlantic Ocean Sternaspis fossor [details] Available for editors

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
source of synonymy Fauvel, P. (1927). Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires. <em>Faune de France Volume 16. Paul Lechevalier. Paris.</em> 1-494., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/P.FAUVEL(FdeFr16)Polychetes-sendentaires.pdf [details]
redescription Sendall, Kelly; Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio. 2013. Revision of Sternaspis Otto, 1821 (Polychaeta, Sternaspidae). ZooKeys 286(0): 1-74
page(s): 23 [details]




Sternaspis affinis Stimpson redescription (neotype)
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sternaspis affinis)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (23 records)
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sternaspis affinis)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (23 records)