Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Wesenberg-Lund, Elise. (1958). Lesser Antillean polychaetes chiefly from brackish waters, with a survey and a bibliography of fresh and brackish water polychaetes. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 8: 1-41., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/506173 page(s): 9, 12 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Etymology The genus is named after the seventeenth-century Danish scientist Nicolas Steno (Danish: Niels Steensen; Latinized to Nicolaus Stenonis or Nicolaus Stenonius; b. Copenhagen, Denmark, 1 January 1638 - d. Schwerin, Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 25 November 1686). See biography HERE. [details]
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