Sternaspis islandica Malmgren, 1867 
AphiaID: 338199

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
Sources		original description: Malmgren, A. J. 1867. Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiae, Groenlandiae, Islandiae et Scandinaviae hactenus cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingfors. 127pp, & 115 plates, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358 [details] basis of record: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] source of synonymy: Fauvel, P. 1911. Troisième note préliminaire sur les polychètes provenant des campagnes de l'Hirondelle et de la Princesse-Alice, ou déposées dans la Musée Océanographique de Monaco. Bulletin de l'Institute océanographique, 194: 1-41. [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): 37 [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution
Specimen		Syntype: SMNH 5135 [details]
Link		Redescription of Sternaspis islandica Malmgren, 1867
Notes		Distribution: "Apparently restricted to the Norwegian Sea and Northeast Atlantic Ocean around Iceland and the Faroe Islands, 7–226 m depth" [details] Type locality: Berufjord, 64°48'N, 14°30'W (64.8, -14.5), 27–55 m, Iceland [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338199
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2008-03-18 12:55:09Z   created   Fauchald, Kristian 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian 2013-04-12 04:12:23Z   changed   Read, Geoffrey
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		Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013). Sternaspis islandica Malmgren, 1867. 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=338199 on 2013-06-18