WoRMS taxon details
Sthenolepis kuekenthali Augener, 1922
332196 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332196)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Augener, Hermann. (1922). Ueber litorale Polychaeten von Westindien. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschende Freunde zur Berlin.</em> (3-5): 38-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43656381
page(s): 41 [no figures; as 'Kükenthali', probably from Wilhelm (Willy) Georg Kükenthal, a German zoologist, so the name is corrected to 'kuekenthali'] [details]
page(s): 41 [no figures; as 'Kükenthali', probably from Wilhelm (Willy) Georg Kükenthal, a German zoologist, so the name is corrected to 'kuekenthali'] [details]
Note Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean Sea
From editor or global species database
Type locality Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean Sea [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Sthenolepis kuekenthali Augener, 1922. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332196 on 2026-09-26
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Nomenclature
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Augener, Hermann. (1922). Ueber litorale Polychaeten von Westindien. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschende Freunde zur Berlin.</em> (3-5): 38-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43656381
page(s): 41 [no figures; as 'Kükenthali', probably from Wilhelm (Willy) Georg Kükenthal, a German zoologist, so the name is corrected to 'kuekenthali'] [details]
page(s): 41 [no figures; as 'Kükenthali', probably from Wilhelm (Willy) Georg Kükenthal, a German zoologist, so the name is corrected to 'kuekenthali'] [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Spelling Augener used the spelling 'Kükenthali' but this is an incorrect original spelling as diacritics are not legal since 1961, and as the name is of a German biologist, it becomes transliterated as S. kuekenthali. [details]Type locality Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean Sea [details]
