WoRMS taxon details
Spinther Johnston, 1845
129604 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129604)
accepted
Genus
Spinther oniscoides Johnson, 1845 (type by monotypy)
Cryptonota Stimpson, 1853 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Oniscosoma Sars, 1851 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Sphinter [misspelling] · unaccepted (Subsequent misspelling for Spinther)
- Species Spinther alaskensis Hartman, 1948
- Species Spinther arcticus (M. Sars, 1851)
- Species Spinther australiensis Augener, 1913
- Species Spinther citrinus (Stimpson, 1853)
- Species Spinther ericinus Yamamoto & Imajima, 1985
- Species Spinther hystrix Uschakov, 1950
- Species Spinther japonicus Imajima & Hartman, 1964
- Species Spinther oniscoides Johnson, 1845
- Species Spinther sagamiensis Imajima, 2003
- Species Spinther usarpia Hartman, 1967
- Species Spinther vegae Augener, 1928
- Species Spinther citrina [misspelling for gender agreement] accepted as Spinther citrinus (Stimpson, 1853) (misspelling for gender, should be citrinus)
- Species Spinther major Levinsen, 1883 accepted as Spinther oniscoides Johnson, 1845 (subjective synonym)
- Species Spinther miniaceus Grube, 1860 accepted as Spinther arcticus (M. Sars, 1851) (subjective synonym)
- Species Spinther wireni Hartman, 1948 accepted as Spinther vegae Augener, 1928 (superfluous replacement name )
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Johnston, George 1845. Miscellanea Zoologica. Classe Annelides [sic]; Order Errantes; Family Nereides. [continued from v.15] Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 1, 16: 4-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2287390
page(s): 8-9 [details]
page(s): 8-9 [details]
Etymology Not stated. Spinther is from Greek, meaning a spark, and is masculine in gender. Most subsequent authors placing species in...
Etymology Not stated. Spinther is from Greek, meaning a spark, and is masculine in gender. Most subsequent authors placing species in the genus treated the genus as masculine. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Spinther Johnston, 1845. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129604 on 2024-11-15
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original description
Johnston, George 1845. Miscellanea Zoologica. Classe Annelides [sic]; Order Errantes; Family Nereides. [continued from v.15] Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 1, 16: 4-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2287390
page(s): 8-9 [details]
original description (of Cryptonota Stimpson, 1853) Stimpson, W. (1853). Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan: or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.</em> 6: 1-66, pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32536624
page(s): 35 [details]
original description (of Oniscosoma Sars, 1851) Sars M. (1851). Beretning om i Sommeren 1849 Fortagen Zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken. <em>Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne.</em> 6(2):121–211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8152707
page(s): 210 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
redescription Graff, Ludwig von 1888. Die Annelidengattung Spinther. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie 46: 1-66., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27477705 [details]
page(s): 8-9 [details]
original description (of Cryptonota Stimpson, 1853) Stimpson, W. (1853). Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan: or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.</em> 6: 1-66, pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32536624
page(s): 35 [details]
original description (of Oniscosoma Sars, 1851) Sars M. (1851). Beretning om i Sommeren 1849 Fortagen Zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken. <em>Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne.</em> 6(2):121–211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8152707
page(s): 210 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
redescription Graff, Ludwig von 1888. Die Annelidengattung Spinther. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie 46: 1-66., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27477705 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Not stated. Spinther is from Greek, meaning a spark, and is masculine in gender. Most subsequent authors placing species in the genus treated the genus as masculine. [details]Grammatical gender Not stated. Spinther is masculine according to Brown (composition of scientific words). [details]
