Sternaspis scutata

Sternaspis scutata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Order: Terebellida
Family: Sternaspidae
Genus: Sternaspis
Species:
S. scutata
Binomial name
Sternaspis scutata
(Ranzani, 1817)
Synonyms
  • Thalassema scutatus Ranzani, 1817

Sternaspis scutata is a species of marine polychaete worm in the family Sternaspidae. It occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and the temperate northeastern Atlantic Ocean. It lives submerged in mud or other soft sediment.