Sternaspis maior Chamberlin, 1919 
AphiaID: 334858

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Terebellida (Order) > Cirratuliformia (Suborder) > Sternaspidae (Family) > Sternaspis (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Sternaspis Otto, 1821
Synonymised taxa		Sternaspis major [auct.] (lapsus)
Sources		basis of record: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] redescription: Petersen, Mary E. 2000. Family Sternaspidae Carus, 1863, including a review of described species and comments on some points of confusion. pages 311-336. IN: Blake, J. A.; Hilbig, B.; and Scott, P. Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of Santa Maria Basin and the Western Santa Barbara Channel. Volume 7, The Annelida Part 4, Polychaeta: Flabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details] redescription: Sendall, Kelly; Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio. 2013. Revision of Sternaspis Otto, 1821 (Polychaeta, Sternaspidae). ZooKeys 286(0): 1-74, available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.286.4438 page(s): 39 [details] from synonym: Chamberlin, Ralph V. 1919. The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv page(s): 405 [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution
Specimen		Neotype: UNAM 7882 [details]
Links		Redescription Sternaspis maior Chamberlin, 1919 To Encyclopedia of Life
Note		Type locality: Designated by neotype locality from off Isla Altamura, Sinaloa, Gulf of California, 830 m, 24.8666667, -108.9666667. Original type locality South of Guaymas, Sonora, Gulf of California, 1143 m, 27.661111, -111.008333.  [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:334858
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2008-03-17 10:44:16Z   created   Fauchald, Kristian 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian
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		Citation: Fauchald, K. (2013). Sternaspis maior Chamberlin, 1919. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=334858 on 2013-05-25