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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.
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Johnston, G.
1845
Miscellanea Zoologica. Classe Annelides [sic]; Order Errantes; Family Nereides. [continued from v.15
Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series
1: 4-10
Publication
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Pollicita Johnston, 1845 accepted as Sphaerodorum Örsted, 1843 (original description)
Pollicita peripatus Johnston, 1845 accepted as Sphaerodorum gracilis (Rathke, 1843) (original description)
Spinther Johnston, 1845 (original description)
Spinther oniscoides Johnson, 1845 (original description)
Pollicita peripatus Johnston, 1845 accepted as Sphaerodorum gracilis (Rathke, 1843) (original description)
Spinther Johnston, 1845 (original description)
Spinther oniscoides Johnson, 1845 (original description)
Etymology
Unknown. The genus & species descriptions contain no hints on derivation [details]
Etymology
Not stated. Spinther is from Greek, meaning a spark, and is masculine in gender. Most subsequent authors placing ... [details]
Etymology
Johnston named Spinther oniscoides, and oniscoides means sow-bug like (like a terrestrial isopod). However, in his ... [details]
Grammatical gender
Not stated. Spinther is masculine according to Brown (composition of scientific words). [details]
Publication date
Johnston writes "This worm has been already published under the name of Bebryce Peripatus (Thompson's Rep. on the ... [details]
