Deep-Sea taxon details
Amythas Benham, 1921
172861 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172861)
accepted
Genus
Amythas membranifera Benham, 1921 (type by monotypy)
- Species Amythas membranifera Benham, 1921
- Species Amythas lutzi [auct.] accepted as Amphisamytha lutzi (Desbruyères & Laubier, 1996) (lapsus calami, wrong genus name used)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Benham, William Blaxland. (1921). Polychaeta. <em>Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914, Scientific Reports, Series C - Zoology and Botany.</em> 6(3): 1-128, plates 5-10, 1 map., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.16201
page(s): 102 [details]
page(s): 102 [details]
Etymology Benham stated in a footnote that the name Amythas is formed by transfer of the initial "S" of Samytha to the end. Thus the...
Etymology Benham stated in a footnote that the name Amythas is formed by transfer of the initial "S" of Samytha to the end. Thus the name is made-up as used here and not adopted from (for example) classical personal names. Benham does not state the gender of Amythas, but it is feminine as he used a female suffix for the compound name 'membranifera' (from -fer, -a, -um, meaning to carry) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Amythas Benham, 1921. 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=172861 on 2025-05-13
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Amythas Benham, 1921. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172861 on 2025-05-13
Date
action
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2006-09-05 08:30:55Z
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Martinez, Olga
original description
Benham, William Blaxland. (1921). Polychaeta. <em>Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914, Scientific Reports, Series C - Zoology and Botany.</em> 6(3): 1-128, plates 5-10, 1 map., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.16201
page(s): 102 [details]
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
page(s): 102 [details]
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Benham stated in a footnote that the name Amythas is formed by transfer of the initial "S" of Samytha to the end. Thus the name is made-up as used here and not adopted from (for example) classical personal names. Benham does not state the gender of Amythas, but it is feminine as he used a female suffix for the compound name 'membranifera' (from -fer, -a, -um, meaning to carry) [details]Grammatical gender Amythas is feminine as Benham used a female suffix for the type species compound name 'membranifera' (from -fer, -a, -um, meaning to carry) [details]
