Sternaspis sp.

Gunton, Laetitia M., Kupriyanova, Elena K., Alvestad, Tom, Avery, Lynda, Blake, James A., Biriukova, Olga, Boeggemann, Markus, Borisova, Polina, Budaeva, Nataliya, Burghardt, Ingo, Capa, Maria, Georgieva, Magdalena N., Glasby, Christopher J., Hsueh, Pan-Wen, Hutchings, Pat, Jimi, Naoto, Kongsrud, Jon A., Langeneck, Joachim, Meissner, Karin, Murray, Anna, Nikolic, Mark, Paxton, Hannelore, Ramos, Dino, Schulze, Anja, Sobczyk, Robert, Watson, Charlotte, Wiklund, Helena, Wilson, Robin S., Zhadan, Anna & Zhang, Jinghuai, 2021, Annelids of the eastern Australian abyss collected by the 2017 RV ' Investigator' voyage, ZooKeys 1020, pp. 1-198 : 1

Sternaspis sp. Fig. 32A, B

Diagnosis.

Body ~ 5 mm long and <2 mm wide. Segments between introvert and rest of body highly cinched, with body 0.7 mm wide at narrowest point. Differing colouration between introvert and abdomen apparent. Ventro-caudal shield a bright orange colour, ribbed and concentrically ringed.

Remarks.

These specimens may also represent Sternaspis cf. annenkovae , but further investigation is required to confirm this.

Records.

3 specimens. Suppl. material 1: ops. 35, 40 (AM).

Figures

Figure 32. Sternaspidae. Travisiidae A Sternaspis sp., ventral view (op. 40) B Sternaspis sp., dorsal view (op. 40) C Sternaspis cf. annenkovae, ventral view (op. 40) D Sternaspis cf. annenkovae, ventral view (op. 40) E Travisia sp. 1 (AM W. 52547). Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B); 3 mm (C, D); 5 mm (E).