Deep-Sea taxon details
Spinther arcticus (M. Sars, 1851)
131104 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131104)
accepted
Species
marine
(of ) Sars M. (1851). Beretning om i Sommeren 1849 Fortagen Zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken. <em>Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne.</em> 6(2):121–211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8152707
page(s): 210; note: no figures [details]
page(s): 210; note: no figures [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Spinther arcticus (M. Sars, 1851). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131104 on 2026-07-02
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Spinther arcticus (M. Sars, 1851). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131104 on 2026-07-02
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(of ) Sars M. (1851). Beretning om i Sommeren 1849 Fortagen Zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken. <em>Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne.</em> 6(2):121–211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8152707
page(s): 210; note: no figures [details]
context source (Deepsea) Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 38), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [details]
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]. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 44(1): 67-95., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/sites/www.sb-roscoff.fr/files/documents/station-biologique-roscoff-dauvinal2003-3835.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1948). The polychaetous annelids of Alaska. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 2(1): 3-58., available online at https://research.nhm.org/dataimages/alaska/Hartman_1948.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631 [details]
additional source Wirén, Axel. (1883). Chaetopoder från Sibiriska Ishafvet och Berings Haf Insamlade under Vega-Expeditionen 1878-1879. <em>Vega-Expeditionens Vetenskapliga Iakttagelser bearbetade af deltagare i resan och andra forskare: Stockholm, F&G Beijers Förlag.</em> 2: 383-428, plates 27-32., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27392832
page(s): 386; note: description and figure of Spinther arcticus, but later authors determined this was a misidentification, and Wirén's specimen was an undescribed species, now known as S. vegae. [details]
redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Sars, M. (Michael). (1862). Uddrag af en Afhandling, ledsaget af detaillerede Afbildninger over en Deel norske Annelider. <em>Forhandliger I Videnskabs Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1861: 50-67 [includes 'Om Annelideslaegten Nerine ...p59]., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=h18FAAAAQAAJ&dq=Forhandlinger%20I%20Videnskabsselskabet%20I%20Christiania&pg=PA237#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 52 [details]
page(s): 210; note: no figures [details]
context source (Deepsea) Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 38), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [details]
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]. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 44(1): 67-95., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/sites/www.sb-roscoff.fr/files/documents/station-biologique-roscoff-dauvinal2003-3835.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1948). The polychaetous annelids of Alaska. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 2(1): 3-58., available online at https://research.nhm.org/dataimages/alaska/Hartman_1948.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631 [details]
additional source Wirén, Axel. (1883). Chaetopoder från Sibiriska Ishafvet och Berings Haf Insamlade under Vega-Expeditionen 1878-1879. <em>Vega-Expeditionens Vetenskapliga Iakttagelser bearbetade af deltagare i resan och andra forskare: Stockholm, F&G Beijers Förlag.</em> 2: 383-428, plates 27-32., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27392832
page(s): 386; note: description and figure of Spinther arcticus, but later authors determined this was a misidentification, and Wirén's specimen was an undescribed species, now known as S. vegae. [details]
redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Sars, M. (Michael). (1862). Uddrag af en Afhandling, ledsaget af detaillerede Afbildninger over en Deel norske Annelider. <em>Forhandliger I Videnskabs Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1861: 50-67 [includes 'Om Annelideslaegten Nerine ...p59]., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=h18FAAAAQAAJ&dq=Forhandlinger%20I%20Videnskabsselskabet%20I%20Christiania&pg=PA237#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 52 [details]
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