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<taxonomicName 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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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="22" pageNumber="23">stat. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Figure 6
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<paragraph pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
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<taxonomicName 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 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 pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
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<taxonomicName 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 pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Petersen 2000</bibRefCitation>
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: 321, Table 11.1.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
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<taxonomicName 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 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 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 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 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 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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<paragraph pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
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<taxonomicName 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 pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Jeldes and Lefevere 1959</bibRefCitation>
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: 32;
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<bibRefCitation 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 pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Ranzani 1817</bibRefCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="type material">
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<paragraph pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Type material.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
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Neotype (NHM 1930.10.8.2582), R.V. Discovery Expedition, Angola, St. Paul Loanda,
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,
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, in 64-65 m, 4-VIII-1927.
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<subSubSection pageId="23" pageNumber="24" type="additional material">
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<paragraph pageId="23" pageNumber="24">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="23" pageNumber="24" start="start">Additional</pageBreakToken>
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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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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="3.8666668">03°52'N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="8.9">08°54'E</geoCoordinate>
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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 originalValue="Côte">Cote</normalizedToken>
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<normalizedToken originalValue="d’Ivoire">d'Ivoire</normalizedToken>
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. 2 spec. (UMML 22.1041), off Grand Lahou, R. V. Pillsbury, Cruise 6405, Sta. 50 (
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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="4.9666667">04°58'N</geoCoordinate>
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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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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="3.85">03°51'N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="7.1666665">07°10'E</geoCoordinate>
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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 direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="5.3166666">05°19'N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate 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 direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="5.3166666">05°19'N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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), 101 m, 14-V-1965.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="24" lastPageNumber="25" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph 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 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>
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<paragraph 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 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 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 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 pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Branchiae mostly eroded, placed on oval, wide branchial plates (Fig. 6C).</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="variation">
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<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Variation.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
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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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<normalizedToken originalValue="D–F">D-F</normalizedToken>
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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 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>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="neotype locality">
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<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Neotype locality.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Angola, St. Paul Loanda.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="25" lastPageNumber="26" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="remarks">
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<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Remarks.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
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<bibRefCitation pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Augener (1918)</bibRefCitation>
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proposed
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 pageId="25" pageNumber="26" start="start">type</pageBreakToken>
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was collected in Angola (
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<bibRefCitation 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 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 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 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 pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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<taxonomicName 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 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
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such that the ribs are barely visible, whereas in
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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 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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and lacking in
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<taxonomicName 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
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the anterior margins are projected slightly beyond the anterior depression, the fan is not projected medially and there are no lateral notches, whereas in
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<taxonomicName 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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the anterior margins are markedly projected from the anterior depression, and the fan is markedly projected medially and lateral notches are deep.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="25" pageNumber="26" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Western African coast, from Ghana to Angola, 20-70 m.</paragraph>
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<caption pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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Figure 6.
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<taxonomicName 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, neotype (NHM 1930.10.8.2582-90) A Anterior end, ventral view B Posterior end, oblique lateral view C Posterior region, dorsal view
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<normalizedToken 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 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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</treatment>
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