Deep-Sea taxon details
Sthenelanella Moore, 1910
325021 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325021)
accepted
Genus
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Moore, John Percy. (1910). The polychaetous annelids dredged by the U.S.S. "Albatross" off the coast of Southern California in 1904: II. Polynoidae, Aphroditidae and Segaleonidae [sic, for Sigalionidae]. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 62: 328-402, plates XXVIII-XXXIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5526353
page(s): 391-395 [details]
page(s): 391-395 [details]
Taxonomy Pettibone (1969): "Species of Sthenelanella are unique among the Sigalionidae in having notopodial spinning glands which...
Taxonomy Pettibone (1969): "Species of Sthenelanella are unique among the Sigalionidae in having notopodial spinning glands which form notopodial threads that contribute to their tough fibrous tubes, similar in this regard to some species of Polyodontidae, Their neurosetae, all compound, with short blades, sets them apart from most of the other species of Sigalionidae." Gonzalez et al (2018) reported that Sthenelanella had an "unstable position throughout the analyses, [but] corresponded to an independent and highly divergent lineage, potentially representing one of the earliest splits of Sigalionidae. Based on these results, we erected Sthenelanelinae for all members of Sthenelanella." In an unpublished thesis Aungtonya (2004) had proposed this subfamily earlier [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Sthenelanella Moore, 1910. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325021 on 2026-04-26
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Sthenelanella Moore, 1910. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325021 on 2026-04-26
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Moore, John Percy. (1910). The polychaetous annelids dredged by the U.S.S. "Albatross" off the coast of Southern California in 1904: II. Polynoidae, Aphroditidae and Segaleonidae [sic, for Sigalionidae]. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 62: 328-402, plates XXVIII-XXXIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5526353
page(s): 391-395 [details]
taxonomy 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
note: molecular data on several species [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Cruz-Gómez, Christopher. (2023). Small worms of Sthenelanellinae, Pholoinae and Pisioninae (Annelida, Sigalionidae) from the Tropical Northwestern Atlantic. <em>PeerJ.</em> 11: e15005., available online at https://peerj.com/articles/15005/# [details] Available for editors
page(s): 391-395 [details]
taxonomy 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
note: molecular data on several species [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Cruz-Gómez, Christopher. (2023). Small worms of Sthenelanellinae, Pholoinae and Pisioninae (Annelida, Sigalionidae) from the Tropical Northwestern Atlantic. <em>PeerJ.</em> 11: e15005., available online at https://peerj.com/articles/15005/# [details] Available for editors
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Taxonomy Pettibone (1969): "Species of Sthenelanella are unique among the Sigalionidae in having notopodial spinning glands which form notopodial threads that contribute to their tough fibrous tubes, similar in this regard to some species of Polyodontidae, Their neurosetae, all compound, with short blades, sets them apart from most of the other species of Sigalionidae." Gonzalez et al (2018) reported that Sthenelanella had an "unstable position throughout the analyses, [but] corresponded to an independent and highly divergent lineage, potentially representing one of the earliest splits of Sigalionidae. Based on these results, we erected Sthenelanelinae for all members of Sthenelanella." In an unpublished thesis Aungtonya (2004) had proposed this subfamily earlier [details]
