Deep-Sea taxon details
Sthenelais Kinberg, 1856
129595 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129595)
accepted
Genus
- Species Sthenelais boa (Johnston, 1833)
- Species Sthenelais limicola (Ehlers, 1864)
- Species Sthenelais atlantica McIntosh, 1876 accepted as Fimbriosthenelais zetlandica (McIntosh, 1876) (subjective synonym)
- Species Sthenelais minor Pruvot & Racovitza, 1895 accepted as Sthenelais boa (Johnston, 1833) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, subjective synonym)
- Species Sthenelais zetlandica McIntosh, 1876 accepted as Fimbriosthenelais zetlandica (McIntosh, 1876) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Kinberg, J.G.H. (1856). Nya slägten och arter af Annelider, Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhhandlingar Stockholm, 12 (9-10), 381-388 [read 1855; printed 1856]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15970133
page(s): 387 [details]
page(s): 387 [details]
Etymology Not stated by Kinberg. He names two new taxa in the order of first Sthenelais helenae, then Sthenelais articulata. Hartman...
Etymology Not stated by Kinberg. He names two new taxa in the order of first Sthenelais helenae, then Sthenelais articulata. Hartman ( 1949: 34) designated S. helenae as type species, presumably as first in presentation sequence, as was her logical practice. In Classical Greece Sthenelus was a king of Mycenae, son of Perseus and Andromeda (Homer, the Iliad). There are a few other uses of the name for Greek men. Sthenelais is presumed to be a feminine-name version of Sthenelus. One female Sthenelais was a hetaera (courtesan) in ancient Greece, known primarily through mention of her in a Hellenistic erotic epigram by Asclepiades of Samos. As Kinberg used the feminine adjectival form 'articulata' Sthenelais has since been treated as feminine, and no authors appear to have used a masculine adjectival suffix.. Pettibone (1971:2) in a genus review states it is a feminine genus. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sthenelais Kinberg, 1856. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129595 on 2026-05-18
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Sthenelais Kinberg, 1856. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129595 on 2026-05-18
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Kinberg, J.G.H. (1856). Nya slägten och arter af Annelider, Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhhandlingar Stockholm, 12 (9-10), 381-388 [read 1855; printed 1856]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15970133
page(s): 387 [details]
taxonomy source 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
note: partial revision. [details]
taxonomy source Barnich, Ruth; Van Haaren, Ton. (2021). Revision of <i>Sthenelais</i> Kinberg, 1856, <i>Fimbriosthenelais</i> Pettibone, 1971 and <i>Eusthenelais</i> McIntosh, 1876 (Polychaeta, Sigalionidae) in the Northeast Atlantic. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 740: 138-171., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.740.1287
page(s): 143-145, table 1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source 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 Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
status source Gonzalez, Brett C.; Martínez, Alejandro; Borda, Elizabeth; Iliffe, Thomas M.; Eibye-Jacobsen, Danny; Worsaae, Katrine. (2018). Phylogeny and systematics of Aphroditiformia. <em>Cladistics.</em> 34(3): 225-259., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cla.12202/full
page(s): 245; note: Sthenelais Kinberg, 1856 is placed in subfamily Sigalioninae [details] Available for editors
subsequent type designation Hartman, Olga. (1948). The marine annelids erected by Kinberg. With some notes on some other types in the Swedish State Museum. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 42(1): 1-137, & plates 1-18.
page(s): 34 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 387 [details]
taxonomy source 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
note: partial revision. [details]
taxonomy source Barnich, Ruth; Van Haaren, Ton. (2021). Revision of <i>Sthenelais</i> Kinberg, 1856, <i>Fimbriosthenelais</i> Pettibone, 1971 and <i>Eusthenelais</i> McIntosh, 1876 (Polychaeta, Sigalionidae) in the Northeast Atlantic. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 740: 138-171., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.740.1287
page(s): 143-145, table 1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source 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 Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
status source Gonzalez, Brett C.; Martínez, Alejandro; Borda, Elizabeth; Iliffe, Thomas M.; Eibye-Jacobsen, Danny; Worsaae, Katrine. (2018). Phylogeny and systematics of Aphroditiformia. <em>Cladistics.</em> 34(3): 225-259., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cla.12202/full
page(s): 245; note: Sthenelais Kinberg, 1856 is placed in subfamily Sigalioninae [details] Available for editors
subsequent type designation Hartman, Olga. (1948). The marine annelids erected by Kinberg. With some notes on some other types in the Swedish State Museum. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 42(1): 1-137, & plates 1-18.
page(s): 34 [details] Available for editors
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Etymology Not stated by Kinberg. He names two new taxa in the order of first Sthenelais helenae, then Sthenelais articulata. Hartman ( 1949: 34) designated S. helenae as type species, presumably as first in presentation sequence, as was her logical practice. In Classical Greece Sthenelus was a king of Mycenae, son of Perseus and Andromeda (Homer, the Iliad). There are a few other uses of the name for Greek men. Sthenelais is presumed to be a feminine-name version of Sthenelus. One female Sthenelais was a hetaera (courtesan) in ancient Greece, known primarily through mention of her in a Hellenistic erotic epigram by Asclepiades of Samos. As Kinberg used the feminine adjectival form 'articulata' Sthenelais has since been treated as feminine, and no authors appear to have used a masculine adjectival suffix.. Pettibone (1971:2) in a genus review states it is a feminine genus. [details]Grammatical gender Feminine. Sthenelais is not a well-known name but she is recorded as a hetaera (courtesan) in a surviving collection of ancient Greek epigrams. See the etymology and also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Anthology [details]
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To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 095765)
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To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 095765)
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