Polychaetes of Greece: an updated and annotated checklist
Author
Faulwetter, Sarah
Author
Simboura, Nomiki
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Katsiaras, Nikolaos
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Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos
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Arvanitidis, Christos
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Biodiversity Data Journal
2017
5
20997
20997
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e20997
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e20997
1314-2828--20997
Sternaspis scutata Ranzani, 1817
Notes
Sendall and Salazar-Vallejo (2013)
re-instated
Sternaspis thalassemoides
Otto, 1821 from the Mediterranean alongside
Sternaspis scutata
, mainly based on morphological features of the fan (truncate, entire and not expanding beyond the posterolateral margins in
Sternaspis thalassemoides
; notched and expanded beyond the posterolateral margins in
Sternaspis scutata
). Specimens recorded in the past as
Sternaspis scutata
could belong to either of the two species. Type locality: Mediterranean (originally Adriatic Sea, neotype from Izmir, Turkey).