WoRMS name details
Sthenelais calcarea Potts, 1910
338382 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338382)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Potts, F.A. (1910). Polychaeta of the Indian Ocean. Part II. The Palmyridae, Aphroditidae, Polynoidae, Acoetidae and Sigalionidae. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Second Series, Zoology.</em> 13(2): 325-353, plates 18-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16399262
page(s): 349, plate 19 fig. 24 [details]
page(s): 349, plate 19 fig. 24 [details]
Type locality contained in Maldives Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Indian Ocean, Maldive Islands
type locality contained in Maldives Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Indian Ocean, Maldive Islands [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon synonym of species listed
Taxonomy Current taxon synonym of species listed [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Sthenelais calcarea Potts, 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338382 on 2026-05-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Potts, F.A. (1910). Polychaeta of the Indian Ocean. Part II. The Palmyridae, Aphroditidae, Polynoidae, Acoetidae and Sigalionidae. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Second Series, Zoology.</em> 13(2): 325-353, plates 18-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16399262
page(s): 349, plate 19 fig. 24 [details]
page(s): 349, plate 19 fig. 24 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Pettibone, Marian H. (1971). Partial revision of the genus Sthenelais Kinberg (Polychaeta: Sigalionidae) with diagnoses of two new genera. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 109: 1-40., available online at http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/handle/10088/5688
page(s): 29-32, figs. 18-19; note: to Fimbriosthenelais hirsuta (Potts, 1910) [details]
page(s): 29-32, figs. 18-19; note: to Fimbriosthenelais hirsuta (Potts, 1910) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
