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<taxonomicName id="A602F34645B22B9E0E97D13ED55E0252" ID-CoL="6ZSFH" LSID="http://species-id.net/wiki/Sternaspis_africana" authority="Augener, 1918" authorityName="Augener" authorityYear="1918" class="Polychaeta" family="Sternaspidae" genus="Sternaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sternaspis africana" order="Terebellida" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="africana">Sternaspis africana Augener, 1918</taxonomicName>
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Figure 6
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<taxonomicName id="5A2E27691B34A3AD227B65FCA94CA0F4" class="Polychaeta" family="Sternaspidae" genus="Sternaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sternaspis fossor" order="Terebellida" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="fossor">Sternaspis fossor</taxonomicName>
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var. Augener, 1918: 608-613, figs 109-110;
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<bibRefCitation id="2EE8A87B4BFDFCAC8E95F71B6F4E4887" author="Fauvel, P" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin de l'Institut Francais d'Afrique Noire" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" pagination="335 - 394" title="Contribution a la faune des annelides polychetes du Senegal." volume="12" year="1950">Fauvel 1950</bibRefCitation>
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: 342 (species list).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="A21EC6EAB3C6F4C2B91E434EA9A0C7B7" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
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<taxonomicName id="2211EFF4C2A08CD71BFF2C7354898006" class="Polychaeta" family="Sternaspidae" genus="Sternaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sternaspis fossor subsp. africana" order="Terebellida" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Annelida" rank="subSpecies" species="fossor" subSpecies="africana">Sternaspis fossor africana</taxonomicName>
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:
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<bibRefCitation id="F8653450194FDF97432C2F3455795C62" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Petersen 2000</bibRefCitation>
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: 321, Table 11.1.
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</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="7D17C172260555F527B22BAA29FF7C78" class="Polychaeta" family="Sternaspidae" genus="Sternaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sternaspis scutata" order="Terebellida" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="scutata">Sternaspis scutata</taxonomicName>
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var. africana:
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<bibRefCitation id="43B71642D867B419E2BDE18D9BD82CCD" author="Monro, CCA" journalOrPublisher="Discovery Reports" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" pagination="1 - 222" title="Polychaete worms." volume="2" year="1930">Monro 1930</bibRefCitation>
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: 179-180;
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<bibRefCitation id="5AFDBB18B03826CDA62BE01E7F576690" author="Tebble, N" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" pagination="61 - 148" title="The polychaete fauna of the Gold Coast." volume="3" year="1955">Tebble 1955</bibRefCitation>
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: 134-135;
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<bibRefCitation id="58BA7B21C1C3967267CC44F4749EA9EF" author="Kirkegaard, JB" journalOrPublisher="Atlantide Report" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" pagination="7 - 117" title="The Polychaeta ofWest Africa." volume="5" year="1959">Kirkegaard 1959</bibRefCitation>
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: 71-72;
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<bibRefCitation id="B36002DA28B91BB5B18FD48CCA4A0D0A" author="Guy, A" journalOrPublisher="Recueil des travaux de la Station Marine d'Endoume, Bulletin" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" pagination="167 - 210" title="Contribution a l'etude des annelides polychetes de la Cote d'Ivoire." volume="34" year="1964">Guy 1964</bibRefCitation>
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: 197;
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<bibRefCitation id="A6CC0648C3F8E2398E8FC43F4B16F508" author="Intes, A" journalOrPublisher="Cahiers Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique d'Outre-Mer, serie Oceanographie" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" pagination="215 - 249" title="Les annelides polychetes de Cote d'Ivoire, 2. Polychetes sedentaires-Compte rendu systematique." volume="15" year="1977">Intes and le Loeuff 1977</bibRefCitation>
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: 234.
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</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="248137EFD111EE2E1957B3FD888DCD32" class="Polychaeta" family="Sternaspidae" genus="Sternaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sternaspis scutata" order="Terebellida" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="scutata">Sternaspis scutata</taxonomicName>
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:
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<bibRefCitation id="EAFFB93C4DFA9120798DF5A6785C0EF4" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Jeldes and Lefevere 1959</bibRefCitation>
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: 32;
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<bibRefCitation id="1943AD9B7C87FB466A6700EE4E039607" author="Rullier, F" journalOrPublisher="Cahiers de l'Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique d'Outre-Mer" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" pagination="5 - 66" title="Contribution a la fauna des annelides polychetes du Dahomey et du Togo." volume="3" year="1965">Rullier 1965</bibRefCitation>
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: 52-53, fig. 11 (non
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<bibRefCitation id="9D63A1BE48A5594C86D2CEF4394280A3" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Ranzani 1817</bibRefCitation>
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).
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<paragraph id="832C32D7F54A72D013664AB879A4C3A3" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Type material.</paragraph>
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Neotype (NHM 1930.10.8.2582), R.V. Discovery Expedition, Angola, St. Paul Loanda,
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, in 64-65 m, 4-VIII-1927.
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material.
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Angola. 37 spec. (NHM 1930.10.8.2583-90), St. Paul Loanda,
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,
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, 64-65 m, 4-VIII-1927. Cameroon. 3 spec. (UMML 22.1036), off Malabo Island, R.V. Pillsbury, Cruise 6504, Sta. 259 (
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,
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), 59 m, 16-V-1965. Democratic Republicof theCongo. 5 spec. (ECOSUR 2648), off Kipundji, 25 m, sand and mud, 25 Aug. 1965, A. Crosnier, coll.
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<normalizedToken id="5D8ECA2271E013EDFF2B6421DC6D4DEA" originalValue="Côte">Cote</normalizedToken>
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. 2 spec. (UMML 22.1041), off Grand Lahou, R. V. Pillsbury, Cruise 6405, Sta. 50 (
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,
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), 160 m, 31-V-1964. Gabon. 1 spec. (NHM 1930.10.8.2581), Cape Lopez, 58-67 m, 8-X-1928. 33 spec. (IRFA-STE 01), Kipundji, 25 m, sand and mud, 25-VIII-1965, A. Crosnier, coll. Ghana. 1 spec. (NHM 1953.3.1.489-497), off Accra, Stn 130. 2 spec. (NHM 1953.3.1.489-497), off Accra, Stn 28. Two spec. (NHM 1953.3.1.489-497), off Accra, Stn 47. 1 spec. (NHM 1953.3.1.489-497), off Accra, Stn 59. 2 spec. (NHM 1953.3.1.489-497), off Accra, Stn 71. Nigeria. 1 spec. (UMML 22.1034), off Bonny, R.V. Pillsbury, Cruise 6504, Sta. 254 (
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,
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), 161 m, 14-V-1965. 1 spec. (UMML 22.1037), off Burutu river mouth, R.V. Pillsbury, Cruise 6504, Sta. 236 (
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<geoCoordinate id="1C459917396A5329FCF7A3679CBB0AFD" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="5.3166666">05°19'N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate id="8F56261C8A2BFB106D9443A85E2F1659" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="4.7833333">04°47'E</geoCoordinate>
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), 114 m, 12-V-1965. 1 spec. (UMML 22.1044), off Burutu river mouth, R.V. Pillsbury, Cruise 6504, Sta. 237 (
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<geoCoordinate id="6A52AD87A8D56B45614CB7A160F46505" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="5.3166666">05°19'N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate id="7230E1CE01DD7E074CF058E12559608D" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="4.8">04°48'E</geoCoordinate>
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), 101 m, 14-V-1965.
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<subSubSection id="D7A435D49AA2C99BEAAC30952D140A27" lastPageId="24" lastPageNumber="25" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" type="description">
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<paragraph id="AEB7C7B267BE5C74D0EDF8FA3CB422FA" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="236337A657723D8B7C832539ECA3D247" lastPageId="24" lastPageNumber="25" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">
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Neotype (NHM 1930.10.8.2582-90) with body smooth, clean, white, leathery. From segments 6-7, body with minute papillae dense on segments 7 and 8, but evenly spaced in other segments. Well-defined clusters of cuticular papillae in single row starting on segment 8, encircling each segment to posterior end, includ
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<pageBreakToken id="7294B24D98FA4A576C2916244A97C4CA" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" start="start">ing</pageBreakToken>
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last segments opposite ventro-caudal shield. Body up to 20 mm long, 7 mm wide, about 28 segments.
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<paragraph id="0D7C4D2E73915765420DF7BE2FA2F255" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Prostomium oval, hemispherical, opalescent, translucent (Fig. 6A). Peristomium rounded, raised at the position of mouth and with papillae sparsely covering most of surface. Mouth circular, completely covered by minute papillae, situated halfway between prostomium and anterior border of second segment.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="00FB83A49A0BA0FD71F484714C2C2F60" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">First three chaetigers with 15-20 slender, bronze, slightly falcate hooks in a closely apposed group; hooks without dark areas. One pair of slender translucent genital papillae in intersegmental groove between segments 7 and 8. Pre-shield region with 7 segments, with short couplets of fine capillary chaetae protruding from body wall.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="47BCFF94E06BF0DAFC913A91605F822A" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Ventro-caudal shield ribs poorly developed, concentric lines not visible; suture indistinct. Anterior margins angular; anterior depression deep; anterior keels not exposed (Fig. 6B). Lateral margins rounded, expanded medially, reduced posteriorly. Fan barely reaching posterior shield corners, medially projected, denticulated.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="1C064B05B863E5FCED0B413CA6014876" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Marginal chaetal fascicles include nine lateral ones, chaetae in oval arrangement, and five posterior fascicles, chaetae in a slightly curved arrangement and with each fascicle parallel to next. Peg chaetae long, emerge from an extended fleshy cone; a small fascicle of delicate capillary chaetae emerge from the base of the fleshy cone bearing peg chaetae.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="9E3F478319D20B858DC27985B0CE7AD2" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Branchiae mostly eroded, placed on oval, wide branchial plates (Fig. 6C).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="CCBDEC8BC5E48BE76C486A6D0DB616C5" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Variation.</paragraph>
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The ventro-caudal shield is medially fused; its fan is slightly projected beyond the posterior margin and its margins are denticulated (Fig. 6
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). The posterior corners are rounded and never prominent or reaching the fan posterior margin level. Larger specimens may have a median notch and their body papillae are eroded. As originally indicated by
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<bibRefCitation id="C0D3997791F9F964254972B7EED4D724" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Augener (1918</bibRefCitation>
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: 162-163), the introvert hooks are always thin, abundant and without the subdistal mark which is common in other species in the genus.
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<paragraph id="C94A25A6CC87C3396AF40204840BADF1" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Neotype locality.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="5C05FD482464D6B9ED0C7C6174E950CB" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Angola, St. Paul Loanda.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="7C306E94FF8B777E8C2DC74413A614DF" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Remarks.</paragraph>
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<bibRefCitation id="DB4565C089491B5B80AE10F3E4E53ABA" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Augener (1918)</bibRefCitation>
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proposed
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<taxonomicName id="EFA8DCB0E0EA6D8D46AB89FF05BA4CED" class="Polychaeta" family="Sternaspidae" genus="Sternaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sternaspis fossor" order="Terebellida" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="fossor">Sternaspis fossor</taxonomicName>
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var. africana for specimens found along the tropical and subtropical Western and southwestern coast of Africa. This species has been regarded as a junior synonym of
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<taxonomicName id="E548340B0FCF8B6C4B8DE8731661912A" class="Polychaeta" family="Sternaspidae" genus="Sternaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sternaspis scutata" order="Terebellida" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="scutata">Sternaspis scutata</taxonomicName>
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(Ranzani, 1817), a species originally described from the Mediterranean Sea; however, the shields are so different that in order to clarify the status for the Western African species, a neotype is being proposed (
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<bibRefCitation id="444A6AADDFB1A4776E6D58C931C9A109" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">ICZN 1999</bibRefCitation>
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, Art. 75.3.1). The description above and the corresponding illustration characterize the main diagnostic features (
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<bibRefCitation id="B917994021EDC4ED8D1E9290C01907C4" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">ICZN 1999</bibRefCitation>
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, Art. 75.3.2-75.3.3).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2E192EDFFF42C5EF542D16DA663D46BC" lastPageId="25" lastPageNumber="26" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
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Hermann Augener was a volunteer worker in the Hamburg Museum (
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<bibRefCitation id="1F38E08EE87AC9B54B1427FD40F5549E" author="CCAM," journalOrPublisher="Issledovaniya Fauny Morei" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" title="Dr. Hermann Augener. Nature 141: 863." url="10.1038/141863a0" year="1938">CCAM 1938</bibRefCitation>
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), where he deposited most of his materials; unfortunately, after WWII bombing many type material lots were lost and this included the type series of
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<taxonomicName id="FC06A88A4D1170D791A077AD30466413" class="Polychaeta" family="Sternaspidae" genus="Sternaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sternaspis fossor" order="Terebellida" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="fossor">Sternaspis fossor</taxonomicName>
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var. africana, as confirmed by the museum staff (
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<bibRefCitation id="AD9E72657CC335AD038CC8653874FF09" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">ICZN 1999</bibRefCitation>
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, Art. 75.3.4). According to the original description and illustrations by
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<bibRefCitation id="953950FE591A9ABFB74DFF283D5CC38F" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Augener (1918)</bibRefCitation>
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, the ventro-caudal shield has a median fan projection which is unique among the species in the genus; this feature is clearly shown by the neotype and consequently we regard it as consistent with the original type material (
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<bibRefCitation id="98775B4ABBED194D0D1862909D524F48" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">ICZN 1999</bibRefCitation>
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, Art. 75.3.5). Further, the original type localities included a series of places like Senegal, French Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Gold Coast, Nigeria, French Equatorial Africa, Congo, and Angola, and the proposed neo
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<pageBreakToken id="10598CF0B7CCFCE5C3130437706B2667" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" start="start">type</pageBreakToken>
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was collected in Angola (
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<bibRefCitation id="AFF447B717699915C3C791727138A34E" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">ICZN 1999</bibRefCitation>
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, Art. 75.3.6). The neotype has been deposited in the Natural History Museum, London (
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<bibRefCitation id="B7D452D2C0EF862AA3B50860D3FE3BB8" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">ICZN 1999</bibRefCitation>
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, Art. 75.3.7). The original name was introduced as a variety; however, after Art. 45.6.4 (
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<bibRefCitation id="0B1474F2E254D20703300E4C915EA877" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">ICZN 1999</bibRefCitation>
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), the name has subspecific status, as has been listed by
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<bibRefCitation id="FB2A06350B93520E4961E464E96ABCC9" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Petersen (2000</bibRefCitation>
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: 321), and consequently we can propose its elevation to species rank.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="DF6B16E79BE8831F6D7D37C5243BFA3F" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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<taxonomicName id="CD3A081826F6A4AAC33D49D7D4F22E3C" class="Polychaeta" family="Sternaspidae" genus="Sternaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sternaspis africana" order="Terebellida" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="africana">Sternaspis africana</taxonomicName>
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Augener, 1918 n. status, resembles
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<taxonomicName id="05F2B303B6E4FBD2FF742E02242DA601" class="Polychaeta" family="Sternaspidae" genus="Sternaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sternaspis spinosa" order="Terebellida" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="spinosa">Sternaspis spinosa</taxonomicName>
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because both have shields with deep anterior depressions and markedly expanded lateral shield margins. However, the shield integument is thick in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="EF867C4B10716BAAE9F019B5E6F8C651" class="Polychaeta" family="Sternaspidae" genus="Sternaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sternaspis africana" order="Terebellida" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="africana">Sternaspis africana</taxonomicName>
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||
such that the ribs are barely visible, whereas in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ACCBF00D5DF6CF81717E03C1872513AC" class="Polychaeta" family="Sternaspidae" genus="Sternaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sternaspis spinosa" order="Terebellida" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="spinosa">Sternaspis spinosa</taxonomicName>
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||
the integument is transparent and both ribs and concentric lines are visible. Further, it resembles the only other species having a shield with a denticulate posterior margin:
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||
<taxonomicName id="AA82C3C5E660C446172C10050225F817" class="Polychaeta" family="Sternaspidae" genus="Sternaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sternaspis andamanensis" order="Terebellida" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="andamanensis">Sternaspis andamanensis</taxonomicName>
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||
sp. n., but besides the differences in body papillation which is evident in
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||
<taxonomicName id="B60E5B03B522CDFAE5B88474834CD380" class="Polychaeta" family="Sternaspidae" genus="Sternaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sternaspis africana" order="Terebellida" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="africana">Sternaspis africana</taxonomicName>
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||
and lacking in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="72DF2BFD580E063E6A39446A5E8F23AE" class="Polychaeta" family="Sternaspidae" genus="Sternaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sternaspis andamanensis" order="Terebellida" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="andamanensis">Sternaspis andamanensis</taxonomicName>
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||
, their shields also differ. In
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4394A0EE1831C0EE62F70F5870B2D0C9" class="Polychaeta" family="Sternaspidae" genus="Sternaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sternaspis africana" order="Terebellida" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="africana">Sternaspis africana</taxonomicName>
|
||
the anterior margins are projected slightly beyond the anterior depression, the fan is not projected medially and there are no lateral notches, whereas in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="FBCE5348529BD3D2197BFFC329EAEB7A" class="Polychaeta" family="Sternaspidae" genus="Sternaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sternaspis andamanensis" order="Terebellida" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="andamanensis">Sternaspis andamanensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
the anterior margins are markedly projected from the anterior depression, and the fan is markedly projected medially and lateral notches are deep.
|
||
</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="EFBCBDC2D61A6E6A9CD20794C7F66995" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="3652C22F6AECAEBE510266C384ABAE63" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Distribution.</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph id="333DA035E966605588B2594EBDF1EB72" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Western African coast, from Ghana to Angola, 20-70 m.</paragraph>
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<caption id="BD8439CB848E92311E0F798B5C38A70A" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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<paragraph id="77E7C2992DA4F0E83FD693C8FC5EF525" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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Figure 6.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="2FE2371E35A811CBE7A1E844A20C3008" class="Polychaeta" family="Sternaspidae" genus="Sternaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sternaspis africana" order="Terebellida" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="africana">Sternaspis africana</taxonomicName>
|
||
Augener, 1918 n. status, neotype (NHM 1930.10.8.2582-90) A Anterior end, ventral view B Posterior end, oblique lateral view C Posterior region, dorsal view
|
||
<normalizedToken id="0B7B8BAE11997326B8FD843F14671C6C" originalValue="D–F">D-F</normalizedToken>
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Ventro-caudal shields of three other specimens (IRFA-STE 001). Bars: A 2.2 mm B 1.7 mm C 2.1 mm
|
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<normalizedToken id="FBEB6DF6BF2F434B2166895E2C90843B" originalValue="D–E">D-E</normalizedToken>
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||
0.7 mm F 0.9 mm.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
</caption>
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</subSubSection>
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