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Polychaeta taxon details

Spinther oniscoides Johnson, 1845

131102  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131102)

accepted
Species
Spinther major Levinsen, 1883 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2287390
page(s): 9-10, plate II figs. 7-14 [details]   
Holotype , geounit Ireland  
Holotype, geounit Ireland [details]
Etymology Johnston named Spinther oniscoides, and oniscoides means sow-bug like (like a terrestrial isopod). However, in his text...  
Etymology Johnston named Spinther oniscoides, and oniscoides means sow-bug like (like a terrestrial isopod). However, in his text Johnston compares the worm to Cypraea europaea, a cowry shell mollusc with a finely ridged shell. Comparison of the two shows that Johnston's comparison was apt. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Spinther oniscoides Johnson, 1845. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131102 on 2024-04-23
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2005-04-19 14:53:15Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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original description 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., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2287390
page(s): 9-10, plate II figs. 7-14 [details]   

original description  (of Spinther major Levinsen, 1883) Levinsen, G.M.R. (1883). Systematisk-geografisk Oversigt over de nordiske Annulata, Gephyrea, Chaetognathi og Balanoglossi. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn, 1882.</em> 160-251., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34979059 [details]   

basis of record 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 McIntosh, W.C. 1900. A monograph of British Annelids. vol.1. pt.2. Polychaeta Amphinomidae to Sigalionidae. Ray Society of London, 1(l2): 215-442., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38577949 [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  PDF available [request] 

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  PDF available [request] 
 
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Holotype, geounit Ireland [details]
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Etymology Johnston named Spinther oniscoides, and oniscoides means sow-bug like (like a terrestrial isopod). However, in his text Johnston compares the worm to Cypraea europaea, a cowry shell mollusc with a finely ridged shell. Comparison of the two shows that Johnston's comparison was apt. [details]