CaRMS taxon details
Spinther Johnston, 1845
129604 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129604)
accepted
Genus
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Johnston, George 1845. Miscellanea Zoologica. Classe Annelides [sic]; Order Errantes; Family Nereides. [continued from v.15] Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 1, 16: 4-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2287390
page(s): 8-9 [details]
page(s): 8-9 [details]
Etymology Not stated. Spinther is from Greek, meaning a spark, and is masculine in gender. Most subsequent authors placing species in...
Etymology Not stated. Spinther is from Greek, meaning a spark, and is masculine in gender. Most subsequent authors placing species in the genus treated the genus as masculine. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Spinther Johnston, 1845. Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129604 on 2025-06-04
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Spinther Johnston, 1845. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129604 on 2025-06-04
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Johnston, George 1845. Miscellanea Zoologica. Classe Annelides [sic]; Order Errantes; Family Nereides. [continued from v.15] Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 1, 16: 4-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2287390
page(s): 8-9 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
redescription Graff, Ludwig von 1888. Die Annelidengattung Spinther. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie 46: 1-66., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27477705 [details]
page(s): 8-9 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
redescription Graff, Ludwig von 1888. Die Annelidengattung Spinther. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie 46: 1-66., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27477705 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated. Spinther is from Greek, meaning a spark, and is masculine in gender. Most subsequent authors placing species in the genus treated the genus as masculine. [details]Grammatical gender Not stated. Spinther is masculine according to Brown (composition of scientific words). [details]
