Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Terebellida > Suborder Cirratuliformia > Family Sternaspidae > Genus Sternaspis

Sternaspis fossor Stimpson, 1853

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sternaspis*	Otto, 1820	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Stimpson, W. (1853). Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan: or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 6: 1-66, pls. 1-3.
basis of record	Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324.
source of synonymy	Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper. 23: 1-628.
redescription	Sendall, Kelly; Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio. 2013. Revision of Sternaspis Otto, 1821 (Polychaeta, Sternaspidae). ZooKeys 286(0): 1-74
redescription	Petersen, Mary E. 2000. Family Sternaspidae Carus, 1863, including a review of described species and comments on some points of confusion. pages 311-336. IN: Blake, J. A.; Hilbig, B.; and Scott, P. Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of Santa Maria Basin and the Western Santa Barbara Channel. Volume 7, The Annelida Part 4, Polychaeta: Flabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sternaspis fossor Stimpson, 1853. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131241