Polychaeta taxon details
Ophelia kirkegaardi Intes & Le Loeuff, 1977
330172 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330172)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Intes, André; Loeuff, Pierre Le. (1977). Les annélides polychètes de Côte d'Ivoire. 2. - Polychètes sédentaires - compte rendu systématique. <em>Cahiers ORSTOM (Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer). Série Océanographie.</em> 15(3): 215-249., available online at http://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/cahiers/oceanographie/19746.pdf
page(s): 228, fig. 1j [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 228, fig. 1j [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype MNHN POLY TYPE 1250, geounit Ivory Coast
, Type locality contained in Ivory Coast Exclusive Economic Zone , Note Off Abidjan, Ivory Coast, West Africa,...
Holotype MNHN POLY TYPE 1250, geounit Ivory Coast [details]
type locality contained in Ivory Coast Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Off Abidjan, Ivory Coast, West Africa, Atlantic Ocean (5.225°, -4.0833°). [details]
Depth range 20-40 m.
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: West Africa (Ivory Coast; Angola).
Etymology Not explicitly stated in the original description. The species is named after Jørgen Bagger Kirkegaard (b. Frederiksberg,...
Depth range 20-40 m. [details]
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: West Africa (Ivory Coast; Angola).
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: West Africa (Ivory Coast; Angola). [details]
Etymology Not explicitly stated in the original description. The species is named after Jørgen Bagger Kirkegaard (b. Frederiksberg,...
Etymology Not explicitly stated in the original description. The species is named after Jørgen Bagger Kirkegaard (b. Frederiksberg, Denmark, 18 November 1920 - d. 2 March 2006), curator of Annelida of the Zoological Museum of Copenhagen, and who first described the species in 1959, as Ophelia sp. (Kirkegaard, 1959: 46-47). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Ophelia kirkegaardi Intes & Le Loeuff, 1977. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330172 on 2024-10-15
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Intes, André; Loeuff, Pierre Le. (1977). Les annélides polychètes de Côte d'Ivoire. 2. - Polychètes sédentaires - compte rendu systématique. <em>Cahiers ORSTOM (Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer). Série Océanographie.</em> 15(3): 215-249., available online at http://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/cahiers/oceanographie/19746.pdf
page(s): 228, fig. 1j [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 228, fig. 1j [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype MNHN POLY TYPE 1250, geounit Ivory Coast [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 20-40 m. [details]Distribution Atlantic Ocean: West Africa (Ivory Coast; Angola). [details]
Etymology Not explicitly stated in the original description. The species is named after Jørgen Bagger Kirkegaard (b. Frederiksberg, Denmark, 18 November 1920 - d. 2 March 2006), curator of Annelida of the Zoological Museum of Copenhagen, and who first described the species in 1959, as Ophelia sp. (Kirkegaard, 1959: 46-47). [details]
Habitat Not stated, at shallow shelf depths. [details]
Holotype Deposited at the Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France (MNHN POLY TYPE 1250). [details]
Type locality Off Abidjan, Ivory Coast, West Africa, Atlantic Ocean (5.225°, -4.0833°). [details]