WoRMS taxon details
Sthenelais boa (Johnston, 1833)
131074 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131074)
accepted
Species
Sigalion boa Johnston, 1833 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Sigalion estellae Guerin, 1843 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Sigalion idunae Rathke, 1843 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Sthenelais audouini Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Sthenelais ctenolepis Claparède, 1868 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sthenelais edwardsii Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Sthenelais fuliginosa Claparède, 1868 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Sthenelais fuliginosa capensis Willey, 1904 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Sthenelais leidyi Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Sthenelais picta Verrill, 1873 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Sigalion boa Johnston, 1833) Johnston, G. (1833). Illustrations in British zoology. <em>Magazine of natural history and journal of zoology, botany, mineralogy, geology and meteorology.</em> 6: 320-324, 497-499., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2357784
page(s): 322; note: Berwick Bay, England [details]
page(s): 322; note: Berwick Bay, England [details]
Type locality contained in United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Description The dorsal side is covered with overlapping scales (elytra). The shape of the elytra varies from round, reniform to...
Distribution Sthenelais boa has a limited distribution on the Belgian part of the North Sea: in both periods the species was only...
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: Eastern...
Description The dorsal side is covered with overlapping scales (elytra). The shape of the elytra varies from round, reniform to cordiform depending on the body part. They are usually covered with papillae. The body is long (up to 200 mm) and has numerous segments; dorsal side is convex, ventral side is flattened. The dorsal side has a light grey, yellowish or brownish colour with red to black transverse bands. [details]
Distribution Sthenelais boa has a limited distribution on the Belgian part of the North Sea: in both periods the species was only...
Distribution Sthenelais boa has a limited distribution on the Belgian part of the North Sea: in both periods the species was only observed in the near-coastal zone, with the exception of the eastern coastal zone. Whereas S. boa was only found in low densities in the 1976-1986 period (maximum 12 ind./m2) densities up to 250 ind./m2 were recorded in the 1994-2001 period. [details]
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: Eastern...
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: Eastern Bradelle Valley); Magdalen Islands (from Eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Sthenelais boa (Johnston, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131074 on 2024-11-23
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original description
(of Sthenelais ctenolepis Claparède, 1868) Claparède, É. (1868). Les annélides chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 19(2): 313-584, plates I-XVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14309905 [details]
original description (of Sthenelais edwardsii Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ [details]
original description (of Sthenelais leidyi Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 278; note: just the name, based on the Sthenelais mathildae usage by Leidyi, with no explanation [details]
original description (of Sigalion boa Johnston, 1833) Johnston, G. (1833). Illustrations in British zoology. <em>Magazine of natural history and journal of zoology, botany, mineralogy, geology and meteorology.</em> 6: 320-324, 497-499., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2357784
page(s): 322; note: Berwick Bay, England [details]
original description (of Sthenelais audouini Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ [details]
original description (of Sthenelais fuliginosa Claparède, 1868) Claparède, É. (1868). Les annélides chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 19(2): 313-584, plates I-XVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14309905 [details]
original description (of Sigalion estellae Guerin, 1843) Guérin-Méneville F.E. 1843. Notice sur un genre d'Annelide establi recemment sous le nom de Sigalion. Magasin de Zoologie Paris, 3e annee, Cl. VI: 4. [details]
original description (of Sigalion idunae Rathke, 1843) Rathke, H. (1843). Beiträge zur Fauna Norwegens. <em>Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum, Breslau & Bonn.</em> 20: 1-264c., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11613
page(s): 150-155, plate IX figs. 1-8 [details]
original description (of Sthenelais fuliginosa capensis Willey, 1904) Willey, Arthur. (1904). Littoral Polychaeta from the Cape of Good Hope. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology.</em> 9(6): 255-268, plates 13-14., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16416472 [details]
original description (of Sthenelais picta Verrill, 1873) Verrill, A. E. (1873). XVIII. Report upon the invertebrate animals of Vineyard Sound and the adjacent waters, with an account of the physical characters of the region. <em>Report on the condition of the sea fisheries of the south coast of New England [later becomes Reports of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries].</em> 1: 295-778 pls. 1-38., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12087501
page(s): 348, 582-583; note: no figures [details]
context source (HKRMS) Thompson, G.B. & Shin, P.K.S. (1983) Sewage pollution and the infaunal benthos of Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Macrobenthos monitoring in function of the Water Framework Directive in the period 2007-2009. [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Fauvel, P. (1923). Polychètes errantes. Faune de France. <em>Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris.</em> 5: 1-488., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/ [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. <em>2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2.</em> 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference McIntosh, W.C. 1900. A monograph of British Annelids. vol.1. pt.2. Polychaeta Amphinomidae to Sigalionidae. Ray Society of London, 1(l2): 215-442., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38577949
page(s): 408; note: from Sigalion [details]
status source Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part one of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(1): 51-110, plates VIII-XV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339323
page(s): 86-87; note: points a possible synonymy between Sigalion idunae and Sigalion boa, with the latter having priority, but due to its incomplete original description and figures, feels necessary to keep ...
[details]
original description (of Sthenelais edwardsii Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ [details]
original description (of Sthenelais leidyi Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 278; note: just the name, based on the Sthenelais mathildae usage by Leidyi, with no explanation [details]
original description (of Sigalion boa Johnston, 1833) Johnston, G. (1833). Illustrations in British zoology. <em>Magazine of natural history and journal of zoology, botany, mineralogy, geology and meteorology.</em> 6: 320-324, 497-499., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2357784
page(s): 322; note: Berwick Bay, England [details]
original description (of Sthenelais audouini Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ [details]
original description (of Sthenelais fuliginosa Claparède, 1868) Claparède, É. (1868). Les annélides chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 19(2): 313-584, plates I-XVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14309905 [details]
original description (of Sigalion estellae Guerin, 1843) Guérin-Méneville F.E. 1843. Notice sur un genre d'Annelide establi recemment sous le nom de Sigalion. Magasin de Zoologie Paris, 3e annee, Cl. VI: 4. [details]
original description (of Sigalion idunae Rathke, 1843) Rathke, H. (1843). Beiträge zur Fauna Norwegens. <em>Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum, Breslau & Bonn.</em> 20: 1-264c., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11613
page(s): 150-155, plate IX figs. 1-8 [details]
original description (of Sthenelais fuliginosa capensis Willey, 1904) Willey, Arthur. (1904). Littoral Polychaeta from the Cape of Good Hope. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology.</em> 9(6): 255-268, plates 13-14., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16416472 [details]
original description (of Sthenelais picta Verrill, 1873) Verrill, A. E. (1873). XVIII. Report upon the invertebrate animals of Vineyard Sound and the adjacent waters, with an account of the physical characters of the region. <em>Report on the condition of the sea fisheries of the south coast of New England [later becomes Reports of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries].</em> 1: 295-778 pls. 1-38., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12087501
page(s): 348, 582-583; note: no figures [details]
context source (HKRMS) Thompson, G.B. & Shin, P.K.S. (1983) Sewage pollution and the infaunal benthos of Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Macrobenthos monitoring in function of the Water Framework Directive in the period 2007-2009. [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Fauvel, P. (1923). Polychètes errantes. Faune de France. <em>Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris.</em> 5: 1-488., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/ [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. <em>2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2.</em> 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference McIntosh, W.C. 1900. A monograph of British Annelids. vol.1. pt.2. Polychaeta Amphinomidae to Sigalionidae. Ray Society of London, 1(l2): 215-442., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38577949
page(s): 408; note: from Sigalion [details]
status source Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part one of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(1): 51-110, plates VIII-XV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339323
page(s): 86-87; note: points a possible synonymy between Sigalion idunae and Sigalion boa, with the latter having priority, but due to its incomplete original description and figures, feels necessary to keep ...
points a possible synonymy between Sigalion idunae and Sigalion boa, with the latter having priority, but due to its incomplete original description and figures, feels necessary to keep the name S. idunae for the Scandinavian specimens, at least for the time being
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description The dorsal side is covered with overlapping scales (elytra). The shape of the elytra varies from round, reniform to cordiform depending on the body part. They are usually covered with papillae. The body is long (up to 200 mm) and has numerous segments; dorsal side is convex, ventral side is flattened. The dorsal side has a light grey, yellowish or brownish colour with red to black transverse bands. [details]Distribution Sthenelais boa has a limited distribution on the Belgian part of the North Sea: in both periods the species was only observed in the near-coastal zone, with the exception of the eastern coastal zone. Whereas S. boa was only found in low densities in the 1976-1986 period (maximum 12 ind./m2) densities up to 250 ind./m2 were recorded in the 1994-2001 period. [details]
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: Eastern Bradelle Valley); Magdalen Islands (from Eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel) [details]
Habitat Sthenelais boa prefers fine-grained sediments with a median grain size of 150 to 250 μm. The species is nevertheless also found in finer and coarser sediments (up to 500 μm). Preference is given to sediments that are to some extent enriched with mud (maximum 40%). The highest relative occurrence (60%) is reached in sediments with a mud content of 10-20%. [details]
Habitat infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Publication date (Johnston, 1839) [details]
Spelling Sthenalais in Kalk (1958). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | boa-shaped scalewormboa worm | [details] |
| French | sthénélais | [details] |
| German | Sand-Schuppenwurm | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Sthenelais ctenolepis Claparède, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Sigalion estellae Guerin, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Sthenelais picta Verrill, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Sigalion idunae Rathke, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (56 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Sthenelais leidyi Quatrefages, 1866)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sthenelais boa)
To GenBank (1022 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Sthenelais ctenolepis Claparède, 1868)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (301 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (94 records) (from synonym Sthenelais picta Verrill, 1873)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 095764) (from synonym Sthenelais leidyi Quatrefages, 1866)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Sthenelais ctenolepis Claparède, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Sigalion estellae Guerin, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Sthenelais picta Verrill, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Sigalion idunae Rathke, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (56 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Sthenelais leidyi Quatrefages, 1866)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sthenelais boa)
To GenBank (1022 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Sthenelais ctenolepis Claparède, 1868)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (301 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (94 records) (from synonym Sthenelais picta Verrill, 1873)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 095764) (from synonym Sthenelais leidyi Quatrefages, 1866)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym