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

• Main Author: Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Terebellida; Sternaspidae; Sternaspis; Sternaspis buzhinskajae; Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; Lawrence Island; Saint-Paul; Barrow; Beaufort Sea; Chukchi; Point Barrow; Saint-Paul Island; Alaska
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6137631; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6137631

Sternaspis buzhinskajae n. sp. Figs 1, 2 Sternaspis fossor: von Marenzeller, 1890: 6–8, Pl. 1, Figs 4, 4 A, B; Sendall & Salazar-Vallejo, 2013: 34–36, Fig. 1 B (not Fig. 9) (non Stimpson, 1853). Sternaspis scutata: Pettibone, 1954: 309 –310, Fig. 35 a, b (partim, non Ranzani, 1817) Type material. Beaufort Sea. Alaska. Holotype (CAS 9853), R.V. Ivik, off Point Barrow, Sta. 51 - 34, 3.5 –5.0 m, 2 Aug. 1951, J. Böhlke, coll. One paratype (CAS 22618), Camden Bay, Sta. D 5 B 105 (70 °02' 48 " N, 144 ° 54 ' 24 " W), 10 m, 20 Aug. 1977, J. Cordell & A.C. Broad, coll. (19 mm long, 8 mm wide; left shield plate 4.0 mm long, 3.8 mm wide). Bering Sea. Ten paratypes (CAS 19261), juveniles, NNW off Amak Island, Alaska Peninsula, Sta. MB 19 18 (56 ° 40 ' N, 163 ° 57 ' W), 76 m, 24 May 1976, M. Freeman, coll. (7.5 –11.0 mm long, 4–6 mm wide; left shield plate 2.2–2.7 mm long, 2.1–2.8 mm wide). Four paratypes (CAS 19372), NNW Saint Paul Island, Sta. MB 64 24 (58 °00' N, 171 °05' W), 90 m, 27 May 1976, M. Freeman, coll. (10.0–13.0 mm long, 5.5 –7.0 mm wide; left shield plate 2.5–3.4 mm long, 2.7–3.4 mm wide). Additional material. Bering Sea. 33 specimens (LACM 5711), dried-out, Aleutian Cruise, Sta. 83 (63 °06' N, 171 ° 42 ' W), off S end of Saint Lawrence Island, 55 m, sandy silt, 8 Aug. 1949 (9–15 mm long, 3–5 mm wide, ventro-caudal shield left plate 2.7–4.3 mm long, 2.7–4.5 mm wide). Two specimens (LACM 5712), partly dehydrated, one with introvert exposed, Aleutian Cruise, Sta. 148 (57 ° 34 ' N, 166 ° 36 ' W), N off Umivak Island, 66 m, sandy silt, 27 Aug. 1949 (specimen with introvert exposed 15 mm long, 7 mm wide, ventro-caudal shield left plate 5 mm long, 4.5 mm wide). 16 specimens (LACM 5710), dried-out, Aleutian Cruise, Sta. 153 (56 ° 45 ' N, 166 ° 18 ' W), NW off Umivak Island, 73 m, sandy silt, 27 Aug. 1949 (5.5 –10.0 mm long, 4.0– 7.5 mm wide, ventrocaudal shield left plate 1.9–3.5 mm long, 1.9–3.5 mm wide). Chukchi Sea. Four specimens (LACM 5709), partly dehydrated, Aleutian Cruise, Sta. 108 (70 °05' N, 165 ° ...