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Sternaspis elegans Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821

268082  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:268082)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Sedentaria (Subclass)
  6. Canalipalpata (Infraclass)
  7. Terebellida (Order)
  8. Cirratuliformia (Suborder)
  9. Sternaspidae (Family)
  10. Sternaspis (Genus)
  11. Sternaspis elegans (Species)
 unaccepted (Sipuncula, not Polychaeta)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Chamisso, Adelbertus De & Eysenhardt, Carolus Guilelmus. (1821). De animalibus quibusdam e classe vermium Linneana, in circumnavigatione Terrae, auspicante Comite N. Romanoff, duce Ottone di Kotzebue, annis 1815-1818 peracta, observatis. Fasciculus secundus, reliquos vermes continens. <em>Nova Acta physico-medica Academiae Cesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae.</em> 10: 33., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37020829
page(s): 351, plate 24, figure 5a-e; note: The figure is poor, but is of an unsegmented worm-like animal [details] 
Note Pacific Ocean "Ad Insulas humiles maris...  
Type locality Pacific Ocean "Ad Insulas humiles maris pacifici" Low Pacific islands might be a reference to Pacific atolls. [details]
WoRMS (2025). Sternaspis elegans Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=268082 on 2025-05-07
Date
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2008-01-14 12:30:06Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2008-03-13 13:29:12Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2013-01-23 21:49:43Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey

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Nomenclature

original description Chamisso, Adelbertus De & Eysenhardt, Carolus Guilelmus. (1821). De animalibus quibusdam e classe vermium Linneana, in circumnavigatione Terrae, auspicante Comite N. Romanoff, duce Ottone di Kotzebue, annis 1815-1818 peracta, observatis. Fasciculus secundus, reliquos vermes continens. <em>Nova Acta physico-medica Academiae Cesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae.</em> 10: 33., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37020829
page(s): 351, plate 24, figure 5a-e; note: The figure is poor, but is of an unsegmented worm-like animal [details] 

basis of record Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details] 

From editor or global species database
Type locality Pacific Ocean "Ad Insulas humiles maris pacifici" Low Pacific islands might be a reference to Pacific atolls. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) 

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