Samytha 
AphiaID: 129177

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		Sabellides sexcirrata Sars, 1856
Parent		Ampharetinae
Sources		basis of record: Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 214-231 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] additional source: Glasby, C.; Read, G. (2009). Polychaeta, Myzostomida. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] additional source: Fauchald, K. 1977. The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA) Science Series 28:1-188, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Samytha californiensis Hartman, 1969 Species Samytha gurjanovae Uschakov, 1950 Species Samytha hesslei Caullery, 1944 Species Samytha heterobranchia Caullery, 1944 Species Samytha oculata Grube, 1878 Species Samytha sexcirrata (M. Sars, 1856) Species Samytha speculatrix Ehlers, 1913 Species Samytha storchi Reuscher & Wehe in Wehe, 2009 Species Samytha bioculata Moore, 1906 accepted as Amphisamytha bioculata (Moore, 1906) Species Samytha pallescens Théel, 1879 accepted as Glypanostoma pallescens (Théel, 1879)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Feedingtypes		deposit feeder: surface [details] interface grazer [details] suspension feeder: facultative [details]
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129177
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Bellan, Gérard 2008-03-04 06:49:09Z   changed   Decock, Wim 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian
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		Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Samytha. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129177 on 2013-05-20