WoRMS taxon details
Sternaspis thalassemoides Otto, 1820
338201 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338201)
accepted
Species
Sternaspis assimilis Malmgren, 1867 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Otto, Adolfus Guilielmus. (1820). De Sternaspide thalassemoideo et Siphostomate diplochaito vermibus duobus marinis. [Epistola Gratulatoria quam ad celebrandum diem laetissimum VI Marti MDCCCXX (etc, etc)]. <em>Vratislaviae.</em> pp.16, 2 plates.
page(s): 5 [details]
page(s): 5 [details]
Neotype ZMC ZMUC POL-2159, geounit Tyrrhenian Sea
, Type locality contained in Gulf of Naples (Italy) , Note Tyrrhenian Sea, Bay of Naples, Italy,...
Neotype ZMC ZMUC POL-2159, geounit Tyrrhenian Sea [details]
type locality contained in Gulf of Naples (Italy) [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Tyrrhenian Sea, Bay of Naples, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No point geolocation available. [details]
Taxonomy Reinstated as valid by Sendall & Salazar-Vallejo (2013). There are no prior modern records, and "Sternaspis thalassemoides...
Taxonomy Reinstated as valid by Sendall & Salazar-Vallejo (2013). There are no prior modern records, and "Sternaspis thalassemoides Otto, 1821 has not been recorded since the late 1800’s ...". The provenance of the neotype (collected 1928) is not explained by the authors. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sternaspis thalassemoides Otto, 1820. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338201 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Otto, Adolfus Guilielmus. (1820). De Sternaspide thalassemoideo et Siphostomate diplochaito vermibus duobus marinis. [Epistola Gratulatoria quam ad celebrandum diem laetissimum VI Marti MDCCCXX (etc, etc)]. <em>Vratislaviae.</em> pp.16, 2 plates.
page(s): 5 [details]
original description (of Sternaspis assimilis Malmgren, 1867) Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 87; note: no figures [details]
page(s): 5 [details]
original description (of Sternaspis assimilis Malmgren, 1867) Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 87; note: no figures [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358 [details]
status source Sendall, Kelly; Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio. 2013. Revision of Sternaspis Otto, 1821 (Polychaeta, Sternaspidae). ZooKeys 286(0): 1-74
page(s): 20 [details]
status source Sendall, Kelly; Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio. 2013. Revision of Sternaspis Otto, 1821 (Polychaeta, Sternaspidae). ZooKeys 286(0): 1-74
page(s): 20 [details]
Other
additional source
Otto, A. G. (1821). Animalium maritimorum nondum editorum genera duo. <em>Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum.</em> 10(2): 617-634, Plates 50-51., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37021183 [details]
additional source Vejdovsky, F. 1882. Untersuchungen über die Anatomie, Physiologie und Entwicklung von Sternaspis. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe 43(2): 33-90, Plates l–10., available online at http://archive.org/stream/denkschriftende01unkngoog#page/n420/mode/2up [details]
additional source Otto, A.G. (1821). Conspectus animalium quorundam maritimorum nondum editorum pars prior quam patri dilectissimo ad cineres usque venerando Bernhardo Crristiano Otto pro celebrando die laetissimo XI. [A survey of certain marine animals, not yet published, before the ashes of my beloved father, Bernhard Cristianus Otto, for celebrating the happiest day of the 11th.]. <em>Maji MDCCCXXI quo ante decem lustra honores doctorales acceperat. Typis Universitatis, Vratislavia.</em> 20 pp., available online at http://opac.nebis.ch/F/?local_base=NEBIS&CON_LNG=GER&func=find-b&find_code=SYS&request=006471451 [details]
additional source Vejdovsky, F. 1882. Untersuchungen über die Anatomie, Physiologie und Entwicklung von Sternaspis. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe 43(2): 33-90, Plates l–10., available online at http://archive.org/stream/denkschriftende01unkngoog#page/n420/mode/2up [details]
additional source Otto, A.G. (1821). Conspectus animalium quorundam maritimorum nondum editorum pars prior quam patri dilectissimo ad cineres usque venerando Bernhardo Crristiano Otto pro celebrando die laetissimo XI. [A survey of certain marine animals, not yet published, before the ashes of my beloved father, Bernhard Cristianus Otto, for celebrating the happiest day of the 11th.]. <em>Maji MDCCCXXI quo ante decem lustra honores doctorales acceperat. Typis Universitatis, Vratislavia.</em> 20 pp., available online at http://opac.nebis.ch/F/?local_base=NEBIS&CON_LNG=GER&func=find-b&find_code=SYS&request=006471451 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Neotype ZMC ZMUC POL-2159, geounit Tyrrhenian Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology The morphological monograph of Vejdovsky (1882), apparently on S. 'scutata', was based on the species S. thalassemoides Otto according to Sendall & Salazar-Vallejo (2013) [details]Taxonomy Reinstated as valid by Sendall & Salazar-Vallejo (2013). There are no prior modern records, and "Sternaspis thalassemoides Otto, 1821 has not been recorded since the late 1800’s ...". The provenance of the neotype (collected 1928) is not explained by the authors. [details]
Type locality Tyrrhenian Sea, Bay of Naples, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No point geolocation available. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ツブシワウミダルマ | [details] |
