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

• Main Author: Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Terebellida; Sternaspidae; Sternaspis; Sternaspis buzhinskajae; Barrow; Beaufort Sea; Bering Sea; Chukchi; Chukchi Sea; Point Barrow; Saint-Paul Island; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6137631; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03887C7E29447E50AEFBFA58ADFB8CE9

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. 35a, 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. D5B 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. MB19 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°22' W), NW off Icy Cape, 38 m, ...