Deep-Sea taxon details
Amphisamytha Hessle, 1917
325227 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325227)
accepted
Genus
Amathys Desbruyères & Laubier, 1996 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Species Amphisamytha bioculata (Moore, 1906)
- Species Amphisamytha fauchaldi Solís-Weiss & Hernández-Alcántara, 1994
- Species Amphisamytha galapagensis Zottoli, 1983
- Species Amphisamytha goemoncola Carrerette, Bergamo, Shimabukuro, Jimi, Fujiwara, & Sumida, 2026
- Species Amphisamytha lutzi (Desbruyères & Laubier, 1996)
- Species Amphisamytha vanuatuensis Reuscher, Fiege & Wehe, 2009
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Hessle, Christian. (1917). Zur Kenntnis der terebellomorphen Polychaeten. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 5: 39-258, plates I-V., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38891407
page(s): 114 [details]
page(s): 114 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Amphisamytha Hessle, 1917. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325227 on 2026-05-05
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Amphisamytha Hessle, 1917. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325227 on 2026-05-05
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original description
Hessle, Christian. (1917). Zur Kenntnis der terebellomorphen Polychaeten. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 5: 39-258, plates I-V., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38891407
page(s): 114 [details]
original description (of Amathys Desbruyères & Laubier, 1996) Desbruyères, Daniel; Laubier, Lucien. (1996). A new genus and species of ampharetid polychaete from deep-sea hydrothermal vent community in the Azores triple-junction area. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 109(2): 248-255., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34644853
page(s): 248-249 [details]
identification resource Reuscher, M.; Fiege, D.; Wehe, T. 2009. Four new species of Ampharetidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Pacific hot vents and cold seeps, with a key and synoptic table of characters for all genera. Zootaxa 2191: 1-40, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2009/zt02191.html [details]
identification resource Stiller, J.; Rousset, V.; Pleijel, F.; Chevaldonné, P.; Vrijenhoek, R.C.; Rouse, G.W. (2013). Phylogeny, biogeography and systematics of hydrothermal vent and methane seep <i>Amphisamytha</i> (Ampharetidae, Annelida), with descriptions of three new species. <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 11(1): 35-65., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2013.772925 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 114 [details]
original description (of Amathys Desbruyères & Laubier, 1996) Desbruyères, Daniel; Laubier, Lucien. (1996). A new genus and species of ampharetid polychaete from deep-sea hydrothermal vent community in the Azores triple-junction area. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 109(2): 248-255., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34644853
page(s): 248-249 [details]
identification resource Reuscher, M.; Fiege, D.; Wehe, T. 2009. Four new species of Ampharetidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Pacific hot vents and cold seeps, with a key and synoptic table of characters for all genera. Zootaxa 2191: 1-40, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2009/zt02191.html [details]
identification resource Stiller, J.; Rousset, V.; Pleijel, F.; Chevaldonné, P.; Vrijenhoek, R.C.; Rouse, G.W. (2013). Phylogeny, biogeography and systematics of hydrothermal vent and methane seep <i>Amphisamytha</i> (Ampharetidae, Annelida), with descriptions of three new species. <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 11(1): 35-65., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2013.772925 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
