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

Spinther vegae Augener, 1928

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

*Sphinter wiréni*	[misspelling]	orthographic variant
*Spinther wireni*	Hartman, 1948	synonym; nom. superfl.

Literature

original description	Augener, H. 1928. Die Polychaeten von Spitzbergen. Fauna Arctica, Jena, 5: 647-834.
source of synonymy	Gagaev, S. Yu. (2010). [Fauna Of Polychaetes (Polychaeta) of the East Siberian Sea and their biogeographical characteristic] [In Russian] Фауна беспозвоночных Восточно-Сибирского моря, закономерности распределения и структура донных сообществ. [special issue: Fauna of the East Siberian Sea, distribution patterns and structure of bottom communities, Eds Sirenko, B. I.; Denisenko, S. G.]. Explorations of Fauna of the Seas. 66(74): 8-40.
taxonomy source	Graff, Ludwig von 1888. Die Annelidengattung Spinther. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie 46: 1-66.
taxonomy 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.

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Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Spinther vegae Augener, 1928. 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:423764