original description
Kudenov, Jerry D. 1983. <i>Streptospinigera heteroseta</i>, a new genus and species of Eusyllinae (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from the western shelf of Florida. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 96(1): 84-88., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34593165#page/102/mode/1up
page(s): 84-85 [details]
identification resource
Olivier, Frédéric; San Martín, Guillermo; Archambault, Philippe. (2013). A new species of <i>Streptospinigera</i> Kudenov, 1983 (Polychaeta, Syllidae, Anoplosyllinae) from the Arctic and north-western Atlantic with a key to all species of the genus. <i>Polar Biology</i>. 36(10): 1499-1507., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-013-1369-6 [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The generic name derives from the Greek, streptos, meaning twisted, the Latin, spinatus, meaning with spines, and the Latin, gero, meaning to bear. Gender: feminine. [details]