see text Spintheridae is a family of marine polychaete worms with a single genus, Spinther, containing these species:[1] 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.

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