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Amythas Benham, 1912 
AphiaID: 172861

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Terebellida (Order) > Terebellomorpha (Suborder) > Ampharetidae (Family) > Ampharetinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Amythas membranifera Benham, 1921 (type by monotypy)
Parent Ampharetinae
Sources  original description: Benham, W.B. 1921. Polychaeta. Scientific Reports Australian Antarctic Expedition Zoology and Botany, Ser. c, 6(3): 1-128., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16143649
page(s): 102 [details]

basis of record: Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 41: 47-114 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

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[show all]		 Species Amythas membranifera Benham, 1921

Species Amythas lutzi [auct.] accepted as Amathys lutzi Desbruyères & Laubier, 1996 accepted as Amphisamytha lutzi (Desbruyères & Laubier, 1996)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To ITIS
Note  Etymology: Benham stated that the name is formed by transfer of the initial "S" of Samytha to the end. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172861
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-13 08:37:11Z  created  Braeckman, Ulrike
2006-09-05 08:30:55Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
2013-02-05 00:01:51Z  changed  Reuscher, Michael
2013-05-10 01:25:44Z  changed  Read, Geoffrey
  
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  Citation: Read, G.; Reuscher, M.; Fauchald, K. (2013). Amythas Benham, 1912. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172861 on 2013-05-24
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