Núñez, Jorge; Brito, María del Carmen; Ocaña, Oscar. (1992). A new species of Lepidasthenia (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) from Canary Islands. Zoologica Scripta. 21(4): 347-349.
Lepidasthenia medanensis sp.n., is described from subtidal sandy bottom and beds of Cymodocea nodosa on the south west coast of Tenerife, Canary Islands.
Canary Islands
Lusitanian region: Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands to west Iberian Peninsula together
Warm Eastern Atlantic including Mediterranean