Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Polychaeta incertae sedis > Family Spintheridae > Genus Spinther

Spinther arcticus (M. Sars, 1851)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Spinther*	Johnston, 1845	accepted genus name
*Cryptonota*	Stimpson, 1853	generic synonym
*Oniscosoma*	Sars, 1851	generic synonym
*Sphinter*	[misspelling]	orthographic variant

Species group names

*Oniscosoma arcticum*	Sars, 1851	synonym

Literature

additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	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: 214-231.
additional source	Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX.
additional source	Wirén, Axel. (1883). Chaetopoder från Sibiriska Ishafvet och Berings Haf Insamlade under Vega-Expeditionen 1878-1879. Vega-Expeditionens Vetenskapliga Iakttagelser bearbetade af deltagare i resan och andra forskare: Stockholm, F&G Beijers Förlag. 2: 383-428, plates 27-32.
additional source	Hartman, O. (1948). The polychaetous annelids of Alaska. Pacific Science. 2(1): 3-58.
additional source	Dauvin, J.-C.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gentil, F. (2003). Liste actualisée des espèces d'Annélides Polychètes présentes en Manche [An up to date list of polychaetous annelids from the English Channel]. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 44(1): 67-95.
redescription	Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp.
new combination reference	Sars, M. (1862). Uddrag af en Afhandling, ledsaget af detaillerede Afbildninger over f lgende norske Annelider. Forhandlinger fra Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania, 1861: 50-67 [includes 'Om Annelideslaegten Nerine ...p59]

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Spinther arcticus (M. Sars, 1851). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131104