Sternaspidae Carus, 1863 
AphiaID: 974

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Family
Parent		Cirratuliformia
Sources		original description: Carus, J. Victor 1863. Vermes, in W. C. H. Peters, J.V. Carus and C.E.A. Gerstäcker eds., Handbuch der zoologie: Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, p. 422-484., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1092677 page(s): 453 [details] basis of record: Dauvin, J.-C.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gentil, F. (2003). Liste actualisée des espèces d’Annélides Polychètes présentes en Manche [An up to date list of polychaetous annelids from the English Channel]. Cah. Biol. Mar. 44(1): 67-95 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] identification resource: 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 [details]
All child taxa [hide all]		Genus Caulleryaspis Sendall & Salazar-Vallejo, 2013    » Species Caulleryaspis gudmundssoni Sendall & Salazar-Vallejo, 2013 » Species Caulleryaspis laevis (Caullery, 1944) Genus Petersenaspis Sendall & Salazar-Vallejo, 2013    » Species Petersenaspis capillata (Nonato, 1966) » Species Petersenaspis palpallatoci Sendall & Salazar-Vallejo, 2013 Genus Sternaspis Otto, 1821    » Species Sternaspis affinis Stimpson, 1864 » Species Sternaspis africana Augener, 1918 » Species Sternaspis andamanensis Sendall & Salazar-Vallejo, 2013 » Species Sternaspis costata Marenzeller, 1879 » Species Sternaspis fossor Stimpson, 1854    » Subspecies Sternaspis fossor africana Augener, 1918 accepted as Sternaspis africana Augener, 1918 » Species Sternaspis islandica Malmgren, 1867 » Species Sternaspis maior Chamberlin, 1919 » Species Sternaspis princeps Selenka, 1885 » Species Sternaspis rietschi Caullery, 1944 » Species Sternaspis scutata Ranzani, 1817 » Species Sternaspis spinosa Sluiter, 1882 » Species Sternaspis thalassemoides Otto, 1821 » Species Sternaspis thorsoni Sendall & Salazar-Vallejo, 2013 » Species Sternaspis assimilis Malmgren, 1867 accepted as Sternaspis thalassemoides Otto, 1821 » Species Sternaspis capillata Nonato, 1966 accepted as Petersenaspis capillata (Nonato, 1966) » Species Sternaspis elegans Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821 accepted as Aspidosiphon (Aspidosiphon) elegans (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821) » Species Sternaspis laevis Caullery, 1944 accepted as Caulleryaspis laevis (Caullery, 1944)    » Subspecies Sternaspis laevis minor Caullery, 1944 » Species Sternaspis major [auct.] accepted as Sternaspis maior Chamberlin, 1919 Genus Echinorinchus [not Bosc] (nomen dubium, Usage in unavailable publication)    » Species Echinorinchus scutatus Renier, 1804 (nomen dubium, rejected as publication)    » Subspecies Echinorinchus scutatus clypeatus Vejdovsky, 1882 (nomen nudum, name only, also parent is unavailable) Genus Thalassema [not Lamarck] (nomen dubium, Echiuran genus usage in Polychaeta)    » Species Thalassema scutatus Ranzani, 1817 accepted as Sternaspis scutata Ranzani, 1817 Genus Schreiberius Otto, 1821 (nomen nudum)    » Species Schreiberius bremsii Otto, 1821 (nomen nudum)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Feedingtypes		deposit feeder: subsurface [details] grazer [details]
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
Notes		Classification: [From Sendall & Salazar-Vallejo (2013:18)] "An analysis of morphology and six genes (Zrzavý et al. 2009) did not clarify the affinities for sternaspids because different approaches gave different topologies or affinities. Thus, their Bayesian combination indicates Sternaspidae are a sister group to a clade including sabellids-serpulids, sabellariids, and Trochochaeta- Spionidae-Poecilochaetus. The unweighted maximum-parsimony indicates they form a clade with sabellariids, which is a sister group to Sabellidae and Trochochaeta-Spionidae- Poecilochaetus. The weighted maximum-parsimony indicates they group with Fauveliopsidae, and together become a sister group for Sabellidae- Serpulidae, which is a sister group to Sabellariidae and the other grouped taxa of former analysis." [details] Nomenclature: Carus (1863) placed his 'Sternaspidea' family in Class Gephyrea [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:974
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   db_admin 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian 2010-03-03 00:50:30Z   changed   Read, Geoffrey
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		Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013). Sternaspidae. Accessed through: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=974 on 2013-05-20