WoRMS taxon details
Sthenelanella Moore, 1910
325021 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325021)
accepted
Genus
Sthenelanella uniformis Moore, 1910 (type by monotypy)
Euleanira Horst, 1916 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Pseudeupanthalis Fauvel, 1958 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Species Sthenelanella corallicola Thomassin, 1972
- Species Sthenelanella ehlersi (Horst, 1916)
- Species Sthenelanella eylathae (Fauvel, 1958)
- Species Sthenelanella japonica Imajima, 2003
- Species Sthenelanella peterseni Lana, 1991
- Species Sthenelanella uniformis Moore, 1910
- Species Sthenelanella atypica Berkeley & Berkeley, 1941 accepted as Sthenelanella uniformis Moore, 1910 (subjective synonym)
- Species Sthenelanella polymorpha Hartmann-Schröder, 1962 accepted as Pholoe polymorpha (Hartmann-Schröder, 1962) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Moore, John Percy. (1910). The polychaetous annelids dredged by the U.S.S. "Albatross" off the coast of Southern California in 1904: II. Polynoidae, Aphroditidae and Segaleonidae [sic, for Sigalionidae]. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 62: 328-402, plates XXVIII-XXXIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5526353
page(s): 391-395 [details]
page(s): 391-395 [details]
Taxonomy Pettibone (1969): "Species of Sthenelanella are unique among the Sigalionidae in having notopodial spinning glands which...
Taxonomy Pettibone (1969): "Species of Sthenelanella are unique among the Sigalionidae in having notopodial spinning glands which form notopodial threads that contribute to their tough fibrous tubes, similar in this regard to some species of Polyodontidae, Their neurosetae, all compound, with short blades, sets them apart from most of the other species of Sigalionidae." Gonzalez et al (2018) reported that Sthenelanella had an "unstable position throughout the analyses, [but] corresponded to an independent and highly divergent lineage, potentially representing one of the earliest splits of Sigalionidae. Based on these results, we erected Sthenelanelinae for all members of Sthenelanella." In an unpublished thesis Aungtonya (2004) had proposed this subfamily earlier [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sthenelanella Moore, 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325021 on 2025-04-27
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Nomenclature
original description
Moore, John Percy. (1910). The polychaetous annelids dredged by the U.S.S. "Albatross" off the coast of Southern California in 1904: II. Polynoidae, Aphroditidae and Segaleonidae [sic, for Sigalionidae]. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 62: 328-402, plates XXVIII-XXXIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5526353
page(s): 391-395 [details]
original description (of Pseudeupanthalis Fauvel, 1958) Fauvel, Pierre. (1958). Contributions to the knowledge of the Red Sea. 7. Sur quelques Annélides Polychètes du Golfe d'Akaba, 2. <em>Bulletin. Sea Fisheries Research Station, Haifa.</em> 16: 15-22. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Euleanira Horst, 1916) Horst, Rutger. (1916). A contribution to our knowledge of the Sigalioninae. <em>Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden).</em> 2: 11-14, 2 figures., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/319324
page(s): 12-13 [details]
page(s): 391-395 [details]
original description (of Pseudeupanthalis Fauvel, 1958) Fauvel, Pierre. (1958). Contributions to the knowledge of the Red Sea. 7. Sur quelques Annélides Polychètes du Golfe d'Akaba, 2. <em>Bulletin. Sea Fisheries Research Station, Haifa.</em> 16: 15-22. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Euleanira Horst, 1916) Horst, Rutger. (1916). A contribution to our knowledge of the Sigalioninae. <em>Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden).</em> 2: 11-14, 2 figures., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/319324
page(s): 12-13 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Gonzalez, Brett C.; Martínez, Alejandro; Borda, Elizabeth; Iliffe, Thomas M.; Eibye-Jacobsen, Danny; Worsaae, Katrine. (2018). Phylogeny and systematics of Aphroditiformia. <em>Cladistics.</em> 34(3): 225-259., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cla.12202/full
note: molecular data on several species [details] Available for editors [request]
note: molecular data on several species [details] Available for editors
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Taxonomy Pettibone (1969): "Species of Sthenelanella are unique among the Sigalionidae in having notopodial spinning glands which form notopodial threads that contribute to their tough fibrous tubes, similar in this regard to some species of Polyodontidae, Their neurosetae, all compound, with short blades, sets them apart from most of the other species of Sigalionidae." Gonzalez et al (2018) reported that Sthenelanella had an "unstable position throughout the analyses, [but] corresponded to an independent and highly divergent lineage, potentially representing one of the earliest splits of Sigalionidae. Based on these results, we erected Sthenelanelinae for all members of Sthenelanella." In an unpublished thesis Aungtonya (2004) had proposed this subfamily earlier [details]
