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Polychaeta taxon detailsAmythas Benham, 1921
172861 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172861)
accepted
Genus
Amythas membranifera Benham, 1921 (type by monotypy)
marine,
recent only
feminine
Benham, William Blaxland. (1921). Polychaeta. <em>Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914, Scientific Reports, Series C - Zoology and Botany.</em> 6(3): 1-128, plates 5-10, 1 map., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.16201
page(s): 102 [details]
Etymology Benham stated in a footnote that the name Amythas is formed by transfer of the initial "S" of Samytha to the end. Thus the...
Etymology Benham stated in a footnote that the name Amythas is formed by transfer of the initial "S" of Samytha to the end. Thus the name is made-up as used here and not adopted from (for example) classical personal names. Benham does not state the gender of Amythas, but it is feminine as he used a female suffix for the compound name 'membranifera' (from -fer, -a, -um, meaning to carry) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Amythas Benham, 1921. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172861 on 2024-04-16
Date action by 2006-09-05 08:30:55Z changed Martinez, Olga
original description
Benham, William Blaxland. (1921). Polychaeta. <em>Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914, Scientific Reports, Series C - Zoology and Botany.</em> 6(3): 1-128, plates 5-10, 1 map., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.16201
page(s): 102 [details] basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  [request] additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] From editor or global species database
Etymology Benham stated in a footnote that the name Amythas is formed by transfer of the initial "S" of Samytha to the end. Thus the name is made-up as used here and not adopted from (for example) classical personal names. Benham does not state the gender of Amythas, but it is feminine as he used a female suffix for the compound name 'membranifera' (from -fer, -a, -um, meaning to carry) [details]Grammatical gender Amythas is feminine as Benham used a female suffix for the type species compound name 'membranifera' (from -fer, -a, -um, meaning to carry) [details] |