Deep-Sea taxon details
Sthenolepis spargens Fauchald, 1972
332198 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332198)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207
page(s): 36-38, plate 1 figs. e-h [details]
page(s): 36-38, plate 1 figs. e-h [details]
Type locality contained in Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Pacific Ocean, western Mexico
type locality contained in Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Pacific Ocean, western Mexico [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sthenolepis spargens Fauchald, 1972. 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=332198 on 2026-06-11
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Sthenolepis spargens Fauchald, 1972. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332198 on 2026-06-11
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original description
Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207
page(s): 36-38, plate 1 figs. e-h [details]
context source (Deepsea) Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207 [details]
redescription Cruz-Gómez, Christopher; Blake, James A. (2024). Description of new species of deep water Sthenolepis Willey, 1905 and Neoleanira Pettibone, 1970 (Annelida, Sigalionidae) from off Northern California, with the redescription of Sthenolepis spargens Fauchald, 1972. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5507(2): 224-244., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5507.2.2
page(s): 226-229, Figs 1-2, table 1 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 36-38, plate 1 figs. e-h [details]
context source (Deepsea) Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207 [details]
redescription Cruz-Gómez, Christopher; Blake, James A. (2024). Description of new species of deep water Sthenolepis Willey, 1905 and Neoleanira Pettibone, 1970 (Annelida, Sigalionidae) from off Northern California, with the redescription of Sthenolepis spargens Fauchald, 1972. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5507(2): 224-244., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5507.2.2
page(s): 226-229, Figs 1-2, table 1 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
