Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Nereidiformia > Family Hesionidae > Subfamily Hesioninae > Tribe Psamathini > Genus Psamathe

Psamathe fusca Johnston, 1836

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Psamathe*	Johnston, 1836	accepted genus name
*Kefersteinia*	Quatrefages, 1866	heterotypic synonym

Literature

original description	Johnston, George. 1836. Art. IV. Illustrations in British Zoology. Cl. Annelides, Ord. Errantes, Fam Nereides. Genus Psa'mathe. Magazine of natural history and journal of zoology, botany, mineralogy, geology and meteorology [conducted by J. C. Loudon] 9: 14-17
basis of record	North East Atlantic Taxa
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta
additional source	McIntosh, W.C. 1908. A monograph of British Annelids. Ray Society of London, II. Part I. Polychaeta. Nephthydidae to Syllidae: 1-232.
source of synonymy	McIntosh, W.C. 1908. A monograph of British Annelids. Ray Society of London, II. Part I. Polychaeta. Nephthydidae to Syllidae: 1-232.
redescription	Vieitez, J.M.; M.A.; Alós, C.; Parapar, J.; Besteiro, C.; Moreira, J.; Nunez, J.; Laborda, J.; and San Martin, G. 2004. Annelida Polychaeta I. Fauna Iberica. Ramos, M.A. et al (Eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid, Vol. 25:1-530 [sections separate authorship not recognised here].

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Read, G. (2014). Psamathe fusca. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2014) World Polychaeta database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152249