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Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2014). Three new polar species of Sternaspis Otto, 1821 (Polychaeta: Sternaspidae). Zootaxa. 3861(4): 333-344.
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10.11646/zootaxa.3861.4.3 [view]
Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.
2014
Three new polar species of <em>Sternaspis </em>Otto, 1821 (Polychaeta: Sternaspidae)
Zootaxa
3861(4): 333-344
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
Two sternaspid species, Sternaspis fossor Stimpson, 1853 and S. scutata (Ranzani, 1817), have been recorded from many localities including polar or subpolar environments. The study of the collections of five major institutions cannot confirm their presence in high latitudes. On the contrary, the specimens are regarded as different, undescribed species, and are herein described as one from Arctic environments, S. buzhinskajae n. sp., and two others from Antarctic localities: S. monroi n. sp., and S. sendalli n. sp. A key to identify all Sternaspis species is included.
Antarctic
Arctic-Boreal marine Date action by
Sternaspis Otto, 1820 (taxonomy source)
Sternaspis buzhinskajae Salazar-Vallejo, 2014 (original description) Sternaspis monroi Salazar-Vallejo, 2014 accepted as Sternaspis sendalli Salazar-Vallejo, 2014 (original description) Sternaspis sendalli Salazar-Vallejo, 2014 (original description)
Holotype BM 1930.10.8.2372–2400, verbatimGeounit Off Signy Is, South ..., identified as Sternaspis sendalli Salazar-Vallejo, 2014
Distribution Arctic Ocean; Okhost, Chukchi, Bering and Beaufort Seas, in 3.5–90.0 m. [details] Distribution South Orkneys and South Georgia islands, in 238–344 m depth [details] Distribution Antarctic Ocean: Palmer Peninsula and Archipelago, South Georgia, South Orkneys, South Shetland Islands, Weddell ... [details] Etymology after Dr. Galina Buzhinskaja, from the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg. The ... [details] Etymology after C.C.A. Monro who studied the holotype specimen earlier. [details] Etymology After Kelly Sendall, in recognition of his studies on sternaspids. The epithet is a noun in the genitive case. [details] Taxonomy Salazar-Vallejo (2014:339) "Sternaspis monroi n. sp. resembles S. princeps Selenka, 1885 from New Zealand because ... [details] Type locality Shallows off Point Barrow, Alaska, Beaufort Sea, Gazeteer est. 71.4099, -156.4792. R.V. Ivik Sta. 51-34, 3.5–5.0 m [details] Type locality Off Signy Is, South Orkneys, Scotia Sea, R.V. Discovery Sta. 167, 60 50' 30"S, 46 15 00"W (-60.8417, -46.25), ... [details] |