Sternaspis sendalli Salazar-Vallejo, 2014, n. sp. ...

• Main Author: Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Terebellida; Sternaspidae; Sternaspis; Sternaspis sendalli; Palmer Archipelago; Scotia Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6137639; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6137639

Sternaspis sendalli n. sp. Figs 4, 5 Sternaspis scutata: Monro 1930:178 –179; Augener 1932:56; Hartman 1953:10; 1966:55, Pl. 18, Fig. 1; 1967:141 (partim, non Ranzani, 1817). Type material. Holotype. Scotia Sea. South Orkneys. Holotype (BMNH 1930.10.8.2372–2400), and five paratypes (BMNH 1930.10.8.2372–2400p), damaged (12.0– 12.5 mm long, 5–6 mm wide, abdomen 7.0– 8.3 mm long; left shield plate 1.3–2.8 mm long, 2.0– 2.2 mm wide). Additional material. Scotia Sea. Palmer Archipelago. Two specimens (BMNH 1930.10.8.2316), R.V. Discovery, Sta. 190, 315 m, 24 Mar. 1927 (largest specimen with abdomen depressed, shield broken; 10–12 mm long, 4.5–5.5 mm wide, abdomen 6–7 mm long; left shield plate 1.5–1.7 mm long, 1.8– 1.8 mm wide). Ten specimens (BMNH 1930.10.8.2319–2340), R.V. Discovery, Sta. 181, 160– 335 m, 3 Dec. 1927 (juveniles; one specimen with pharynx fully everted, scoop-shaped; 5.5–8.0 mm long, 2–3 mm wide, abdomen 2.5–5.0 mm long; left shield plate 0.7–1.3 mm long, 0.8–1.4 mm wide; suture wide, posterior ... : Published as part of Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I., 2014, Three new polar species of Sternaspis Otto, 1821 (Polychaeta: Sternaspidae), pp. 333-344 in Zootaxa 3861 (4) on pages 339-342, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3861.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/229219 ...