Potamethus japonicus
creator: Fauchald, Kristian
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Potamethus japonicus (Johansson, 1922)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Potamethus japonicus (Johansson, 1922). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=334605 on 2026-08-30
created: 2008-03-17T11:44:16Z
modified: 2008-03-26T12:36:43Z
replaces: 339930
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Potamethus japonicus (Johansson, 1922)
class: Polychaeta
family: Sabellidae
genus: Potamethus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Johansson, Karl Erik 1922. On some new tubicolous annelids from Japan, the Bonin Islands and the Antarctic. Arkiv för Zoologi, 15(2): 1-11. 4 plates
name published in year: 1922
order: Sabellida
parent name usage ID: 129543
phylum: Annelida
scientific name authorship: (Johansson, 1922)
specific epithet: japonicus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted