Spintheridae is a family of marine polychaete worms with a single genus, ''Spinther'', containing these species:
* ''
Spinther alaskensis
Spintheridae is a family of marine polychaete worms with a single genus, ''Spinther'', containing these species:
* '' Spinther alaskensis'' Hartman, 1948
* '' Spinther arcticus'' (M. Sars, 1851) (includes Spinther miniaceus'' Grube, 1860)
*''Sp ...
''
Hartman, 1948
* ''
Spinther arcticus
Spintheridae is a family of marine polychaete worms with a single genus, ''Spinther'', containing these species:
* ''Spinther alaskensis'' Hartman, 1948
* '' Spinther arcticus'' (M. Sars, 1851) (includes Spinther miniaceus'' Grube, 1860)
*''Spi ...
''
(M. Sars, 1851) (includes
Spinther miniaceus
Spintheridae is a family of marine polychaete worms with a single genus, ''Spinther'', containing these species:
* ''Spinther alaskensis'' Hartman, 1948
* ''Spinther arcticus'' (M. Sars, 1851) (includes Spinther miniaceus'' Grube, 1860)
*''Spin ...
''
Grube, 1860)
*''
Spinther australiensis
Spintheridae is a family of marine polychaete worms with a single genus, ''Spinther'', containing these species:
* '' Spinther alaskensis'' Hartman, 1948
* '' Spinther arcticus'' (M. Sars, 1851) (includes Spinther miniaceus'' Grube, 1860)
*'' S ...
''
Augener, 1913
* ''
Spinther citrinus''
(Stimpson, 1854)
*''
Spinther ericinus''
Yamamoto & Imajima, 1985
*''
Spinther hystrix
Spintheridae is a family of marine polychaete worms with a single genus, ''Spinther'', containing these species:
* '' Spinther alaskensis'' Hartman, 1948
* '' Spinther arcticus'' (M. Sars, 1851) (includes Spinther miniaceus'' Grube, 1860)
*''Sp ...
''
Uschakov, 1950
* ''
Spinther japonicus
Spintheridae is a family of marine polychaete worms with a single genus, ''Spinther'', containing these species:
* ''Spinther alaskensis'' Hartman, 1948
* ''Spinther arcticus'' (M. Sars, 1851) (includes Spinther miniaceus'' Grube, 1860)
*''Spint ...
''
Imajima and Hartman, 1964
* ''
Spinther oniscoides
Spintheridae is a family of marine polychaete worms with a single genus, ''Spinther'', containing these species:
* '' Spinther alaskensis'' Hartman, 1948
* '' Spinther arcticus'' (M. Sars, 1851) (includes Spinther miniaceus'' Grube, 1860)
*''Sp ...
''
Johnston, 1845
*''
Spinther sagamiensis
Spintheridae is a family of marine polychaete worms with a single genus, ''Spinther'', containing these species:
* '' Spinther alaskensis'' Hartman, 1948
* '' Spinther arcticus'' (M. Sars, 1851) (includes Spinther miniaceus'' Grube, 1860)
*''Sp ...
''
Imajima, 2003
*''
Spinther usarpia
Spintheridae is a family of marine polychaete worms with a single genus, ''Spinther'', containing these species:
* '' Spinther alaskensis'' Hartman, 1948
* '' Spinther arcticus'' (M. Sars, 1851) (includes Spinther miniaceus'' Grube, 1860)
*''Sp ...
''
Hartman, 1967
* ''
Spinther vegae
Spintheridae is a family of marine polychaete worms with a single genus, ''Spinther'', containing these species:
* '' Spinther alaskensis'' Hartman, 1948
* '' Spinther arcticus'' (M. Sars, 1851) (includes Spinther miniaceus'' Grube, 1860)
*''Sp ...
''
Augener, 1928 (includes ''
Spinther wireni
Spintheridae is a family of marine polychaete worms with a single genus, ''Spinther'', containing these species:
* '' Spinther alaskensis'' Hartman, 1948
* '' Spinther arcticus'' (M. Sars, 1851) (includes Spinther miniaceus'' Grube, 1860)
*''Sp ...
''
Hartman, 1948)
The animal lives as a symbiont on sponges.
Johnston's paper does not explain the choice of the name, but ancient Greek σπινθήρ means "spark." In images of the living animal, it appears to be surrounded by a cloud of pinpoints of light.
References
Polychaetes
Taxa named by George Johnston (naturalist)
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