Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Sabellida > Family Sabellidae > Subfamily Sabellinae

Potamethus Chamberlin, 1919

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gorbunovia*	Annenkova, 1952	heterotypic synonym
*Potamis*	Ehlers, 1887	later homonym
*Potamis*	Ehlers, 1887	synonym
*Pothametus*	[auct. misspelling]	synonym

Children

Potamethus breviuncatus Hartmann-Schröder, 1977
Potamethus filiformis Hartmann-Schröder, 1977
Potamethus malmgreni (Hansen, 1878)
Potamethus murrayi (McIntosh, 1916)
Potamethus spathiferus (Ehlers, 1887)

Literature

original description	Chamberlin, Ralph V. 1919. The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 48: 1-514.
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
additional source	Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta
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
redescription	Knight-Jones, Phyllis 1983. Contributions to the taxonomy of Sabellidae (Polychaeta). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London, 79: 245-295.

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Citation

Read, G. (2014). Potamethus Chamberlin, 1919. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2014) World Polychaeta database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129543