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Johnston, George 1845. Miscellanea Zoologica. Classe Annelides [sic]; Order Errantes; Family Nereides. [continued from v.15] Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 1, 16: 4-10.
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Johnston, G.
1845
Miscellanea Zoologica. Classe Annelides [sic]; Order Errantes; Family Nereides. [continued from v.15
Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series
1: 4-10
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Spinther Johnston, 1845 (original description)
 Etymology

Unknown. The genus & species descriptions contain no hints on derivation [details]

 Etymology

Not stated. Spinther is from Greek, meaning a spark, and is masculine in gender. Most subsequent authors placing ... [details]

 Etymology

Johnston named Spinther oniscoides, and oniscoides means sow-bug like (like a terrestrial isopod). However, in his ... [details]

 Grammatical gender

Not stated. Spinther is masculine according to Brown (composition of scientific words). [details]

 Publication date

Johnston writes "This worm has been already published under the name of Bebryce Peripatus (Thompson's Rep. on the ... [details]

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