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Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2014). Sternaspis piotrowskiae sp. nov. (Polychaeta: Sternaspidae) from the Philippine Islands. The Coral Triangle: The 2011 Hearst Philippine Biodiversity Expedition, California Academy of Sciences. pp. 165-169.
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Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.
2014
Sternaspis piotrowskiae sp. nov. (Polychaeta: Sternaspidae) from the Philippine Islands
The Coral Triangle: The 2011 Hearst Philippine Biodiversity Expedition, California Academy of Sciences
pp. 165-169
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb). The pdf link is to the complete book.
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A new species of Sternaspidae Carus, 1863, was collected during the 2011 Hearst Philippine Biodiversity Expedition, and it is being named after Christina Piotrowski, a member of the expedition and Collections Manager of Invertebrate Zoology. Sternaspis piotrowskiae sp. nov. has a reddish ventro-caudal shield, with anterior keels reaching anterior margins, fan truncate, margin barely crenulated or smooth, and posterior corners variably prominent.
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Sternaspis piotrowskiae Salazar-Vallejo, 2014 (original description)
Holotype CAS 186700, verbatimGeounit Balayan Bay, Luzon I..., identified as Sternaspis piotrowskiae Salazar-Vallejo, 2014
Etymology
Noun in genitive case. Named for Christina Piotrowski, Collections Manager of lnvertebrate Zoology, California ... [details]
Taxonomy
"Resembles S. rietschi Caullery, 1944 from Indonesia, found in about 1790 m depth, and recently redescribed by ... [details]
Type locality
Balayan Bay, Luzon Island, Philippines. Sta. HEPD-003 (13.82°N, 120.75°E), 272-291 m, mud. [details]
