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AfReMaS taxon details
Sternaspis africana
Augener, 1918
AphiaID
724697
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:724697)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Annelida
(Phylum)
Polychaeta
(Class)
Sedentaria
(Subclass)
Canalipalpata
(Infraclass)
Terebellida
(Order)
Cirratuliformia
(Suborder)
Sternaspidae
(Family)
Sternaspis
(Genus)
Sternaspis africana
(Species)
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Sternaspis
Otto, 1820
Original name
Sternaspis africana
Augener, 1918
Synonymised names
Sternaspis fossor africana
Augener, 1918
·
unaccepted
(rank change to full species)
Environment
marine
Original description
Not documented
Taxonomic citation
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database.
Sternaspis africana
Augener, 1918. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724697 on 2025-05-07
Regional species database citation
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species.
Sternaspis africana
Augener, 1918. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724697 on 2025-05-07
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2013-04-11 04:37:35Z
created
Read, Geoffrey
[taxonomic tree]
Sources (2)
Documented distribution (0)
Attributes (3)
Links (2)
original description
(of
Sternaspis fossor africana
Augener, 1918
)
Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII.
,
available online at
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280
page(s): 608-613, text-fig. CIX.a-f
[details]
redescription
Sendall, Kelly; Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio. 2013. Revision of Sternaspis Otto, 1821 (Polychaeta, Sternaspidae). ZooKeys 286(0): 1-74
page(s): 26
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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Sternaspis africana described in Sendall & Salazar-Vallejo (2013)
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