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Sternaspis fossor Stimpson, 1853

131241 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131241)

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  1. Subspecies Sternaspis fossor africana Augener, 1918 accepted as Sternaspis africana Augener, 1918 (superseded original combination, rank change to full species)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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Stimpson, W. (1853). Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan: or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.</em> 6: 1-66, pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32536624
page(s): 29, plate II fig. 19 [details] OpenAccess publication
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Sternaspis fossor Stimpson, 1853. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/afremas./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131241 on 2026-10-16
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Sternaspis fossor Stimpson, 1853. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131241 on 2026-10-16
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original description Stimpson, W. (1853). Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan: or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.</em> 6: 1-66, pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32536624
page(s): 29, plate II fig. 19 [details] OpenAccess publication

context source (Deepsea) Fauchald, K.; Hancock, D.R. (1981). Deep-water polychaetes from a transect off central Oregon. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 11: 1-73., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3445 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

additional source Johnson, Herbert Parlin. (1901). The Polychaeta of the Puget Sound region. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society for Natural History.</em> 29(18): 381-437, plates 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56803704
page(s): 418 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available

source of synonymy 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

redescription Petersen, Mary E. 2000. Family Sternaspidae Carus, 1863, including a review of described species and comments on some points of confusion. pages 311-336. IN: Blake, J. A.; Hilbig, B.; and Scott, P. Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of Santa Maria Basin and the Western Santa Barbara Channel. Volume 7, The Annelida Part 4, Polychaeta: Flabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details] 

redescription Sendall, Kelly; Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio. 2013. Revision of Sternaspis Otto, 1821 (Polychaeta, Sternaspidae). ZooKeys 286(0): 1-74, available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.286.4438
page(s): 34 [details] 
 
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