Biology
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The morphological monograph of Vejdovsky (1882), apparently on S. 'scutata', was based on the species S. thalassemoides Otto according to Sendall & Salazar-Vallejo (2013)
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- 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 Muir, Alexander I.; Petersen, Mary E. (2013). Authorship of some polychaete (Annelida) names derived from the works of Renier and Savigny. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3717(3): 383. Sendall, Kelly; Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio. 2013. Revision of Sternaspis Otto, 1821 (Polychaeta, Sternaspidae). ZooKeys 286(0): 1-74 Townsend, M.; Worsfold, T. M.; Smith, P. R. J.; Martina, L. J.; McNeill, C. L.; Kendall, M. A. (2006). Occurrence of Sternaspis scutata (Polychaeta : Sternaspidae) in the English Channel. Cahiers De Biologie Marine. 47(3):281-285.
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- Read, Geoffrey, G.B.
Distribution
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Neotype locality off coast of Turkey (see Thalassema scutatus for details). Reported global distributions are unlikely to be correct, but are indicative of the accumulated literature occurrences. Sendall & Salazar-Vallejo (2013 advise: "Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel, 9–36 m depth. Deeper water records from the Eastern Mediterranean (Ben-Eliahu and Fiege 1995) deserve a careful comparison to define if they are conspecific with the shallow water material. Some records from non-Mediterranean or Northeastern Atlantic localities might belong to other, probably undescribed species."
Sendall, Kelly; Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio. 2013. Revision of Sternaspis Otto, 1821 (Polychaeta, Sternaspidae). ZooKeys 286(0): 1-74
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- 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 Muir, Alexander I.; Petersen, Mary E. (2013). Authorship of some polychaete (Annelida) names derived from the works of Renier and Savigny. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3717(3): 383. Sendall, Kelly; Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio. 2013. Revision of Sternaspis Otto, 1821 (Polychaeta, Sternaspidae). ZooKeys 286(0): 1-74 Townsend, M.; Worsfold, T. M.; Smith, P. R. J.; Martina, L. J.; McNeill, C. L.; Kendall, M. A. (2006). Occurrence of Sternaspis scutata (Polychaeta : Sternaspidae) in the English Channel. Cahiers De Biologie Marine. 47(3):281-285.
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Distribution
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Noticeably expanding in abundance along the England south coast (Townsend et al. 2006), possibly stemming from assisted introduction to Portland, although natural range expansion is not ruled out.
Townsend, M.; Worsfold, T. M.; Smith, P. R. J.; Martina, L. J.; McNeill, C. L.; Kendall, M. A. (2006). Occurrence of Sternaspis scutata (Polychaeta : Sternaspidae) in the English Channel. Cahiers De Biologie Marine. 47(3):281-285.
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- 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 Muir, Alexander I.; Petersen, Mary E. (2013). Authorship of some polychaete (Annelida) names derived from the works of Renier and Savigny. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3717(3): 383. Sendall, Kelly; Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio. 2013. Revision of Sternaspis Otto, 1821 (Polychaeta, Sternaspidae). ZooKeys 286(0): 1-74 Townsend, M.; Worsfold, T. M.; Smith, P. R. J.; Martina, L. J.; McNeill, C. L.; Kendall, M. A. (2006). Occurrence of Sternaspis scutata (Polychaeta : Sternaspidae) in the English Channel. Cahiers De Biologie Marine. 47(3):281-285.
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- Read, Geoffrey, G.B.
Habitat
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As currently understood probably shallow water only.
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- 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 Muir, Alexander I.; Petersen, Mary E. (2013). Authorship of some polychaete (Annelida) names derived from the works of Renier and Savigny. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3717(3): 383. Sendall, Kelly; Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio. 2013. Revision of Sternaspis Otto, 1821 (Polychaeta, Sternaspidae). ZooKeys 286(0): 1-74 Townsend, M.; Worsfold, T. M.; Smith, P. R. J.; Martina, L. J.; McNeill, C. L.; Kendall, M. A. (2006). Occurrence of Sternaspis scutata (Polychaeta : Sternaspidae) in the English Channel. Cahiers De Biologie Marine. 47(3):281-285.
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