WoRMS taxon details
original description
Fiege, Dieter; Barnich, Ruth. (2020). A new genus and species of Sternaspidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the deep eastern Atlantic. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 699: 1-13., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.699 page(s): 3 of 13 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea)
Fiege, Dieter; Barnich, Ruth. (2020). A new genus and species of Sternaspidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the deep eastern Atlantic. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 699: 1-13., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.699 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Sternaspids with introvert hooks tapering. Eight segments between gonopodial lobes and shield (i.e., preshield region). Ventro-caudal shield densely covered with firmly adhering fine sediment, which cannot be brushed off. Due to sediment cover no shield structures like ribs or concentric rings visible except median suture. Shield with lateral margins strongly bent towards dorsal side, merging into integument. Peg chaetae absent [details]
Etymology authors: Mauretanaspis "is a combination of the Latin name for the type locality off the Northwest African state Mauritania (i.e., Mauretania, Lat.) and the Greek word ‘aspis’ (= ‘shield’); gender: feminine. [details]
Grammatical gender Feminine (authors) [details]
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