WoRMS taxon details
Sternaspis rietschi Caullery, 1944
331311 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331311)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Caullery, M. (1944). Polychètes Sédentaires de l'Expédition du Siboga: Ariciidae, Spionidae, Chaetopteridae, Chlorhaemidae, Opheliidae, Oweniidae, Sabellariidae, Sternaspidae, Amphictenidae, Ampharetidae, Terebellidae. <em>Siboga-Expeditie Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 XXIV 2 bis.</em> 1-204. [details]
Holotype ZMA 1500, verbatimGeounit West of Wokam Island...
, Note West of Wokam Island, Indonesia,...
Holotype ZMA 1500, verbatimGeounit West of Wokam Island... [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality West of Wokam Island, Indonesia, 5°46'S,134°00'E (-5.7666, 134), 1788 m. [details]
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sternaspis rietschi Caullery, 1944. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331311 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Caullery, M. (1944). Polychètes Sédentaires de l'Expédition du Siboga: Ariciidae, Spionidae, Chaetopteridae, Chlorhaemidae, Opheliidae, Oweniidae, Sabellariidae, Sternaspidae, Amphictenidae, Ampharetidae, Terebellidae. <em>Siboga-Expeditie Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 XXIV 2 bis.</em> 1-204. [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Sendall, Kelly; Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio. 2013. Revision of Sternaspis Otto, 1821 (Polychaeta, Sternaspidae). ZooKeys 286(0): 1-74
page(s): 43 [details]
page(s): 43 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Caullery, M. (1944). Polychètes Sédentaires de l'Expédition du Siboga: Ariciidae, Spionidae, Chaetopteridae, Chlorhaemidae, Opheliidae, Oweniidae, Sabellariidae, Sternaspidae, Amphictenidae, Ampharetidae, Terebellidae. <em>Siboga-Expeditie Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 XXIV 2 bis.</em> 1-204. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ZMA 1500, verbatimGeounit West of Wokam Island... [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]Type locality West of Wokam Island, Indonesia, 5°46'S,134°00'E (-5.7666, 134), 1788 m. [details]
Type specimen "The holotype is in poor condition with most of the cuticle missing, exposing the musculature below. It is a large specimen which exaggerates some of the features such as those of the shield and colouring of the introvert hooks." [details]
