Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Sabellida > Family Sabellidae > Subfamily Sabellinae

Potamethus Chamberlin, 1919

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gorbunovia*	Annenkova, 1952	generic synonym
*Potamis*	Ehlers, 1887	junior homonym
*Pothametus*	[auct. misspelling]	synonym

Children

Potamethus breviuncatus Hartmann-Schröder, 1977
Potamethus filiformis Hartmann-Schröder, 1977
Potamethus malmgreni (Hansen, 1878)
Potamethus murrayi (McIntosh, 1916)
Potamethus spathiferus (Ehlers, 1887)

Literature

original description	Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 48: 1-514.
basis of record	Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231.
additional source	Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188.
redescription	Knight-Jones, Phyllis. (1983). Contributions to the taxonomy of Sabellidae (Polychaeta. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London. 79: 245-295.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Potamethus Chamberlin, 1919. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129543