WoRMS taxon details
Samythopsis McIntosh, 1885
325223 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325223)
accepted
Genus
Samythopsis grubei McIntosh, 1885 (type by monotypy)
Neopaiwa Hartman & Fauchald, 1971 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)
Paiwa Chamberlin, 1919 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)
Weddellia Hartman, 1967 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 435 [details]
page(s): 435 [details]
Etymology Not stated, but evidently named for similarity to genus Samytha of Malmgren, thus Samyth as stem with -opsis adjectival...
Etymology Not stated, but evidently named for similarity to genus Samytha of Malmgren, thus Samyth as stem with -opsis adjectival suffix meaning likeness. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Samythopsis McIntosh, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325223 on 2025-03-31
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Nomenclature
original description
McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 435 [details]
original description (of Paiwa Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 448, 459 [details]
original description (of Weddellia Hartman, 1967) Hartman, Olga. (1967). Polychaetous annelids collected by the USNS Eltanin and Staten Island cruises, chiefly from Antarctic Seas. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 2: 1-387.
page(s): 163-164 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Neopaiwa Hartman & Fauchald, 1971) Hartman, O.; Fauchald, K. (1971). Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic Areas. Part II. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 6: 1-327., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3458
page(s): 158-159 [details]
page(s): 435 [details]
original description (of Paiwa Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 448, 459 [details]
original description (of Weddellia Hartman, 1967) Hartman, Olga. (1967). Polychaetous annelids collected by the USNS Eltanin and Staten Island cruises, chiefly from Antarctic Seas. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 2: 1-387.
page(s): 163-164 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Neopaiwa Hartman & Fauchald, 1971) Hartman, O.; Fauchald, K. (1971). Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic Areas. Part II. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 6: 1-327., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3458
page(s): 158-159 [details]
Other
additional source
Jirkov, Igor A. (2023). On the Amagini (Annelida: Ampharetidae) of Moscow and St.-Petersburg collections with description of three new species. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 20(2): 180-204 [1 online table with supplementary data]., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.20.2.04
page(s): 198-199 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 198-199 [details] Available for editors
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Etymology Not stated, but evidently named for similarity to genus Samytha of Malmgren, thus Samyth as stem with -opsis adjectival suffix meaning likeness. [details]
