WoRMS taxon details
Sternaspis africana Augener, 1918
724697 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:724697)
accepted
Species
Sternaspis fossor africana Augener, 1918 · unaccepted (rank change to full species)
marine
Not documented
Neotype (of Sternaspis fossor africana Augener, 1918)...
Neotype (of Sternaspis fossor africana Augener, 1918) BM NHM 1930.10.8.2582, verbatimGeounit St. Paul Loanda, Ang... [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sternaspis africana Augener, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724697 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Sternaspis fossor africana Augener, 1918) Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280
page(s): 608-613, text-fig. CIX.a-f [details]
page(s): 608-613, text-fig. CIX.a-f [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Sendall, Kelly; Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio. 2013. Revision of Sternaspis Otto, 1821 (Polychaeta, Sternaspidae). ZooKeys 286(0): 1-74
page(s): 26 [details]
page(s): 26 [details]





Neotype (of Sternaspis fossor africana Augener, 1918) BM NHM 1930.10.8.2582, verbatimGeounit St. Paul Loanda, Ang... [details]