Deep-Sea taxon details
Spintheridae Augener, 1913
962 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:962)
accepted
Family
- Genus Spinther Johnston, 1845
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Augener, Hermann. (1913). Polychaeta I. Errantia. 65-304. IN: Michaelsen, W. and Hartmeyer, R. (Ed.). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. <em>Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Gustav Fischer, Jena.</em> 4(5): 65-304, plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7160888
page(s): 67, 84 [details]
page(s): 67, 84 [details]
Status Spinther is a monotypic genus, classified as Aciculata incertae sedis with uncertain affinities (Rouse et al. 2022),...
Status Spinther is a monotypic genus, classified as Aciculata incertae sedis with uncertain affinities (Rouse et al. 2022), rendering the family name Spintheridae redundant according to Tilic & Rouse in Andrade et al (2025). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Spintheridae Augener, 1913. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=962 on 2026-03-01
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Spintheridae Augener, 1913. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=962 on 2026-03-01
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original description
Augener, Hermann. (1913). Polychaeta I. Errantia. 65-304. IN: Michaelsen, W. and Hartmeyer, R. (Ed.). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. <em>Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Gustav Fischer, Jena.</em> 4(5): 65-304, plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7160888
page(s): 67, 84 [details]
taxonomy source Graff, Ludwig von 1888. Die Annelidengattung Spinther. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie 46: 1-66., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27477705 [details]
taxonomy source Rouse, G. W.; Pleijel, F. (2001). Polychaetes. <em>Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK [etc.]. ISBN 0-19-850608-2.</em> 354 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): [includes summary of nomenclatural history] [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
page(s): 67, 84 [details]
taxonomy source Graff, Ludwig von 1888. Die Annelidengattung Spinther. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie 46: 1-66., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27477705 [details]
taxonomy source Rouse, G. W.; Pleijel, F. (2001). Polychaetes. <em>Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK [etc.]. ISBN 0-19-850608-2.</em> 354 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): [includes summary of nomenclatural history] [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
From editor or global species database
Authority Some authors give Johnston (1865 Catalogue) the family authorship (eg. Fauchald & Rouse (1997:117). However, no mention can be found there. In fact Johnston at that time placed Spinther in the amphinomids (his Amphinomenaceae), along with Euphrosyne. Graff (1888) in a major monograph perhaps pointedly does not overtly place Spinther in a family. The majority of texts (eg. Hartman 1959; Day, 1967) assign the first use of Spintheridae as late as Augener, 1913 [details]Status Spinther is a monotypic genus, classified as Aciculata incertae sedis with uncertain affinities (Rouse et al. 2022), rendering the family name Spintheridae redundant according to Tilic & Rouse in Andrade et al (2025). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヒレアシゴカイ科 | [details] |
