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Amathys Desbruyères & Laubier, 1996 
AphiaID: 325198

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Terebellida (Order) > Terebellomorpha (Suborder) > Ampharetidae (Family) > Ampharetinae (Subfamily)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Amphisamytha Hessle, 1917
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Amathys lutzi Desbruyères & Laubier, 1996 (type by original designation)
Parent Ampharetinae
Sources  original description: Desbruyères, D. and Laubier, L. 1996. A new genus and species of ampharetid polychaete from deep-sea hydrothermal vent community in the Azores triple-junction area. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 109(2): 248-255. [details]

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

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Species Amathys lutzi Desbruyères & Laubier, 1996 accepted as Amphisamytha lutzi (Desbruyères & Laubier, 1996)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Note  Etymology: Amathys is an anagram of Samytha. Gender is male. However there was an existing similar-sounding anagram in the form of the genus Amythas authored by Benham. This has understandably been a source of confusion and error subsequently [G Read comment]. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325198
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-03-05 14:39:51Z  created  Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
2012-12-08 19:21:32Z  changed  Reuscher, Michael
2013-05-10 01:25:44Z  changed  Read, Geoffrey
2013-05-10 20:06:27Z  changed  Reuscher, Michael
  
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  Citation: Reuscher, M.; Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013). Amathys Desbruyères & Laubier, 1996. 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=325198 on 2013-05-23
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