Revision of Sternaspis Otto, 1821 (Polychaeta, Sternaspidae)

• Published in: ZooKeys
• Main Authors: Kelly Sendall, Sergio Salazar-Vallejo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2013
• Subjects: Zoology; QL1-991; Malmgren; New Zealand; Pacific; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.286.4438; https://doaj.org/article/2888c14ef9f74aac849aa05242d50c3b

Sternaspid polychaetes are common and often abundant in soft bottoms in the world oceans. Some authors suggest that only one species should be recognized, whereas others regard a few species as widely distributed in many seas and variable depths from the low intertidal to about 4400 m. There are som...