Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Polychaeta incertae sedis

Spintheridae Augener, 1913

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Spinther Johnston, 1845

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: ヒレアシゴカイ科

Literature

original description

Augener, Hermann. (1913). Polychaeta I. Errantia. 65-304. IN: Michaelsen, W. and Hartmeyer, R. (Ed.). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Gustav Fischer, Jena. 4(5): 65-304, plates II-III.

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.

taxonomy source

Graff, Ludwig von 1888. Die Annelidengattung Spinther. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie 46: 1-66.

taxonomy source

Rouse, G. W.; Pleijel, F. (2001). Polychaetes. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK [etc.]. ISBN 0-19-850608-2. 354 pp.

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Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Spintheridae Augener, 1913. 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:962

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2025-01-21 by Geoffrey Read

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