WoRMS taxon details
original description
Otto, Adolfus Guilielmus. (1820). De Sternaspide thalassemoideo et Siphostomate diplochaito vermibus duobus marinis. [Epistola Gratulatoria quam ad celebrandum diem laetissimum VI Marti MDCCCXX (etc, etc)]. <em>Vratislaviae.</em> pp.16, 2 plates. page(s): 5 [details]
original description
(of Sternaspis assimilis Malmgren, 1867) Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358 page(s): 87; note: no figures [details]
additional source
Otto, A. G. (1821). Animalium maritimorum nondum editorum genera duo. <em>Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum.</em> 10(2): 617-634, Plates 50-51., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37021183 [details]
additional source
Vejdovsky, F. 1882. Untersuchungen über die Anatomie, Physiologie und Entwicklung von Sternaspis. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe 43(2): 33-90, Plates l–10., available online at http://archive.org/stream/denkschriftende01unkngoog#page/n420/mode/2up [details]
additional source
Otto, A.G. (1821). Conspectus animalium quorundam maritimorum nondum editorum pars prior quam patri dilectissimo ad cineres usque venerando Bernhardo Crristiano Otto pro celebrando die laetissimo XI. Maji MDCCCXXI quo ante decem lustra honores doctorales acceperat. Typis Universitatis, Vratislaviae, 20 pp. , available online at http://opac.nebis.ch/F/?local_base=NEBIS&CON_LNG=GER&func=find-b&find_code=SYS&request=006471451 [details]
source of synonymy
Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358 [details]
status source
Sendall, Kelly; Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio. 2013. Revision of Sternaspis Otto, 1821 (Polychaeta, Sternaspidae). ZooKeys 286(0): 1-74 page(s): 20 [details]
Neotype ZMC ZMUC POL-2159, geounit Tyrrhenian Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology The morphological monograph of Vejdovsky (1882), apparently on S. 'scutata', was based on the species S. thalassemoides Otto according to Sendall & Salazar-Vallejo (2013) [details]
Taxonomy Reinstated as valid by Sendall & Salazar-Vallejo (2013). There are no prior modern records, and "Sternaspis thalassemoides Otto, 1821 has not been recorded since the late 1800’s ...". The provenance of the neotype (collected 1928) is not explained by the authors. [details]
Type locality Tyrrhenian Sea, Bay of Naples, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No point geolocation available. [details]
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