Sternaspis scutata (Ranzani, 1817)

Razmi Shah, Raz Shauqeena Batrisyea, Ibrahim, Yusof Shuaib, Villalobos-Guerrero, Tulio F. & Sato, Masanori, 2023, Updated checklist of polychaete species (Annelida) recorded from Malaysia, with remarks on the research history, Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 110021-110021 : 110021

Sternaspis scutata (Ranzani, 1817)

Distribution

Type locality. Turkey, Izmar Bay, Aegean Sea.

Distribution in Malaysia. Questionable record: Selangor River estuary; Kuala Terengganu River estuary ( Nakao et al. 1989a, Nakao et al. 1989b, Idris and Arshad 2013).

Distribution outside Malaysia. Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel ( Townsend et al. 2006, Sendall and Salazar-Vallejo 2013); Korea ( Lim and Hong 1997).

Notes

It was re-described by Sendall and Salazar-Vallejo (2013) using neotype material, who suggested that records from non-Mediterranean or north-eastern Atlantic localities might belong to other, probably undescribed species.