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Polychaeta name detailsOniscosoma Sars, 1851
325944 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325944)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
Oniscosoma arcticum Sars, 1851 accepted as Spinther arcticus (M. Sars, 1851) (type by monotypy)
marine,
recent only
Sars M. (1851). Beretning om i Sommeren 1849 Fortagen Zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken. <em>Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne.</em> 6(2):121–211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8152707
page(s): 210 [details] 
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Oniscosoma Sars, 1851. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325944 on 2026-07-15
Date action by
original description
Sars M. (1851). Beretning om i Sommeren 1849 Fortagen Zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken. <em>Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne.</em> 6(2):121–211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8152707
page(s): 210 [details] source of synonymy Sars, M. (Michael). (1862). Uddrag af en Afhandling, ledsaget af detaillerede Afbildninger over en Deel norske Annelider. <em>Forhandliger I Videnskabs Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1861: 50-67 [includes 'Om Annelideslaegten Nerine ...p59]., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=h18FAAAAQAAJ&dq=Forhandlinger%20I%20Videnskabsselskabet%20I%20Christiania&pg=PA237#v=onepage&q&f=false page(s): 52 [details] From editor or global species database
Synonymy Sars (1862) placed his genus Oniscosoma as a synonym of Spinther. He also stated that Cryptonota Stimpson was the same as his Oniscosoma. This early synonymising of the two other genera in Spintheridae may have been previously overlooked. Rouse & Pleijel (2001:180) helpfully further discuss & summarise the nomenclatural history [details]
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