Thalassema steinbecki explained

Thalassema steinbecki is a species of marine echiuran worm. It is found in the northeast Pacific Ocean.^[1] This species was formally described in 1946 by the American marine biologist Walter Kenrick Fisher (1878-1953), the specific name honours the American novelist John Steinbeck (1902-1968) who led the expedition which collected the type specimens.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Tanaka, Mataatsu . 2017 . Thalassema Pallas,1774 . 110357 . 12 March 2021.
2. Walter Kenrick Fisher . 1946 . Echiuroid Worms of the North Pacific Ocean . Proceedings of the United States National Museum . 96 . 3198 . 31143020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180520193320/https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/eb29/cba545789902053a090c5293ca017ca9adb8.pdf . dead . 2018-05-20 .