WoRMS taxon details
original description
Pettibone, Marian H. (1971). Partial revision of the genus Sthenelais Kinberg (Polychaeta: Sigalionidae) with diagnoses of two new genera. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 109: 1-40., available online at http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/handle/10088/5688 page(s): 9-10 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Author: "named for Arthur Willey, pioneer worker on the Polychaeta, who first figured the characteristic accessory long papillae on the bases of the ventral cirri of Sthenelais zeylanica Willey, 1905" [details]
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