Amphisamytha Hessle, 1917 
AphiaID: 325227

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Sedentaria (Subclass) > Canalipalpata (Infraclass) > Terebellida (Order) > Terebellomorpha (Suborder) > Ampharetidae (Family) > Ampharetinae (Subfamily)

Status		accepted
Rank		Genus
Typetaxon		Amphisamytha japonica Hessle, 1917
Parent		Ampharetinae
Synonymised names		Amathys Desbruyères & Laubier, 1996 (subjective synonym)
Sources		original description Hessle, Christian 1917. Zur Kenntnis der terebellomorphen Polychaeten. Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala, 5: 39-258. page(s): 114 [details] basis of record Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] identification resource Reuscher, M.; Fiege, D.; Wehe, T. 2009. Four new species of Ampharetidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Pacific hot vents and cold seeps, with a key and synoptic table of characters for all genera. Zootaxa 2191: 1-40, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2009/zt02191.html [details] identification resource Stiller, Josefin; Rousset, Vincent; Pleijel, Fredrik; Chevaldonné, Pierre; Vrijenhoek, Robert C.; Rouse, Greg W. 2013. Phylogeny, biogeography and systematics of hydrothermal vent and methane seep Amphisamytha (Ampharetidae, Annelida), with descriptions of three new species. Systematics and Biodiversity 11(1): 35-65 , available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2013.772925 [details] original description (of Amathys Desbruyères & Laubier, 1996) 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] [show all]
Direct child taxa [show all] [sort alpha..]		Species Amphisamytha bioculata (Moore, 1906) Species Amphisamytha carldarei Stiller, Rousset, Pleijel, Chevaldonné, Vrijenhoek & Rouse, 2013 Species Amphisamytha fauchaldi Solís-Weiss & Hernández-Alcántara, 1994 Species Amphisamytha galapagensis Zottoli, 1983 Species Amphisamytha jacksoni Stiller, Rousset, Pleijel, Chevaldonné, Vrijenhoek & Rouse, 2013 Species Amphisamytha japonica Hessle, 1917 Species Amphisamytha julianeae Stiller, Rousset, Pleijel, Chevaldonné, Vrijenhoek & Rouse, 2013 Species Amphisamytha lutzi (Desbruyères & Laubier, 1996) Species Amphisamytha vanuatuensis Reuscher, Fiege & Wehe, 2009
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Links		To GenBank   To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325227
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
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		Citation: Reuscher, M. (2014). Amphisamytha Hessle, 1917. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2014) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2014) World Polychaeta database at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325227 on 2014-04-20