Deep-Sea taxon details
Sthenolepis ruffi Cruz-Gómez & Blake, 2024
1770231 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1770231)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Cruz-Gómez, Christopher; Blake, James A. (2024). Description of new species of deep water Sthenolepis Willey, 1905 and Neoleanira Pettibone, 1970 (Annelida, Sigalionidae) from off Northern California, with the redescription of Sthenolepis spargens Fauchald, 1972. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5507(2): 224-244., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5507.2.2
page(s): 229-235, Figs 3-4, Table 1 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 229-235, Figs 3-4, Table 1 [details] Available for editors

Holotype LACM Poly 14396, geounit Eastern Pacific
Holotype LACM Poly 14396, geounit Eastern Pacific [details]
Etymology The species is named after the late Robert Eugene Ruff
Etymology The species is named after the late Robert Eugene Ruff [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sthenolepis ruffi Cruz-Gómez & Blake, 2024. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1770231 on 2025-05-10
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Sthenolepis ruffi Cruz-Gómez & Blake, 2024. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1770231 on 2025-05-10
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Cruz-Gómez, Christopher; Blake, James A. (2024). Description of new species of deep water Sthenolepis Willey, 1905 and Neoleanira Pettibone, 1970 (Annelida, Sigalionidae) from off Northern California, with the redescription of Sthenolepis spargens Fauchald, 1972. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5507(2): 224-244., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5507.2.2
page(s): 229-235, Figs 3-4, Table 1 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 229-235, Figs 3-4, Table 1 [details] Available for editors

Holotype LACM Poly 14396, geounit Eastern Pacific [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The species is named after the late Robert Eugene Ruff [details]