Revision of Sternaspis Otto, 1821 (Polychaeta, Sternaspidae)

• Published in: ZooKeys
• Main Authors: Sendall, Kelly, Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Widespread species; taxonomy; systematic; Annelida; Echiurida; ventro-caudal shield; Malmgren; New Zealand; Pacific; Iceland
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/578335; https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.286.4438

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...