Polychaeta name details
original description
Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280 page(s): 608-613, text-fig. CIX.a-f [details]
taxonomy source
Sendall, Kelly; Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio. 2013. Revision of Sternaspis Otto, 1821 (Polychaeta, Sternaspidae). ZooKeys 286(0): 1-74 page(s): 26 [details]
Neotype BM NHM 1930.10.8.2582, verbatimGeounit St. Paul Loanda, Ang... [details]
From editor or global species database
Neotype Original type series of S. fossor var. africana Augener, 1918 came from widespread West African localities, but it is believed all specimens are lost. Neotype is from St. Paul Loanda, Angola, -8.7833333, 13.2333333 [details]
Taxonomy Status change to species level by Sendall & Salazar-Vallejo (2013) [details]
Type locality Designated by neotype as off Angola. Originally as Atlantic Ocean, western Africa. [details]
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