Deep-Sea taxon details
Ophelina Örsted, 1843
129414 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129414)
accepted
Genus
Ammotrypane Rathke, 1843 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Species Ophelina abranchiata Støp-Bowitz, 1948
- Species Ophelina acuminata Örsted, 1843
- Species Ophelina ammotrypanella Schüller, 2008
- Species Ophelina aulogastrella (Hartman & Fauchald, 1971)
- Species Ophelina basicirra Parapar, Moreira & Helgason, 2011
- Species Ophelina bowitzi Parapar, Moreira & Helgason, 2011
- Species Ophelina brattegardi Kongsrud, Bakken & Oug, 2011
- Species Ophelina breviata (Ehlers, 1913)
- Species Ophelina brevibranchiata (Caullery, 1944)
- Species Ophelina chaetifera (Hartman, 1965)
- Species Ophelina curli Wiklund, Neal, Glover, Drennan, Rabone & Dahlgren, 2019
- Species Ophelina cylindricaudata (Hansen, 1879)
- Species Ophelina farallonensis Blake, 2000
- Species Ophelina ganae Wiklund, Neal, Glover, Drennan, Rabone & Dahlgren, 2019
- Species Ophelina helgolandiae Augener, 1912
- Species Ophelina juhazi Wiklund, Neal, Glover, Drennan, Rabone & Dahlgren, 2019
- Species Ophelina manana Magalhães, Rizzo & Bailey-Brock, 2019
- Species Ophelina martinezarbizui Wiklund, Neal, Glover, Drennan, Rabone & Dahlgren, 2019
- Species Ophelina meyerae Wiklund, Neal, Glover, Drennan, Rabone & Dahlgren, 2019
- Species Ophelina modesta Støp-Bowitz, 1958
- Species Ophelina nematoides (Ehlers, 1913)
- Species Ophelina norvegica Støp-Bowitz, 1945
- Species Ophelina nunnallyi Wiklund, Neal, Glover, Drennan, Rabone & Dahlgren, 2019
- Species Ophelina pallida (Hartman, 1960)
- Species Ophelina robusta Schüller, 2008
- Species Ophelina scaphigera (Ehlers, 1900)
- Species Ophelina setigera (Hartman, 1978)
- Species Ophelina syringopyge (Ehlers, 1901)
- Species Ophelina agilis Andrews, 1891 accepted as Armandia agilis (Andrews, 1891) (superseded original combination)
- Species Ophelina arctica (McIntosh in Jeffreys, 1876) accepted as Ammotrypanella arctica (McIntosh in Jeffreys, 1876) (superseded recombination)
- Species Ophelina aulogaster (Rathke, 1843) accepted as Ophelina acuminata Örsted, 1843 (recombination of subjective synonym)
- Species Ophelina cylindricaudatus Jirkov, 2001 accepted as Ophelina cylindricaudata (Hansen, 1879)
- Species Ophelina helgolandica [auctt.] accepted as Ophelina helgolandiae Augener, 1912 (misspelling)
- Species Ophelina maculata Webster, 1884 accepted as Armandia maculata (Webster, 1884) (superseded original combination)
- Species Ophelina margaleffi Sardá, Gil, Taboada & Gili, 2009 accepted as Ophelina modesta Støp-Bowitz, 1958 (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Örsted, A.S. (1843). Annulatorum danicorum conspectus. Auctore A.S. Örsted. Fasc. I. Maricolæ. (Quæstio ab universitate Hafniensi ad solvendum proposita et proemio ornata). , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11849
page(s): 45-46 [details]
page(s): 45-46 [details]
Nomenclature Ophelina Savigny is included in several English translations of Cuvier's "Le Règne Animal ...", notably the expanded...
Nomenclature Ophelina Savigny is included in several English translations of Cuvier's "Le Règne Animal ...", notably the expanded version published by Whittaker, with Griffith as lead author. However, this appears to be a coincidental lapsus when the text should have been Ophelia Savigny. A new name was not intended. If so Ophelina appearing in the Griffith volume is not an available name for taxonomy, and the listing in 'Nomenclator Zoologicus' [http://www.ubio.org/NZ/PDF/Vol3/pg0430.pdf] of two apparent Ophelina authorships should not be interpreted as a case of homonymy. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Ophelina Örsted, 1843. 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=129414 on 2025-05-22
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Ophelina Örsted, 1843. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129414 on 2025-05-22
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Örsted, A.S. (1843). Annulatorum danicorum conspectus. Auctore A.S. Örsted. Fasc. I. Maricolæ. (Quæstio ab universitate Hafniensi ad solvendum proposita et proemio ornata). , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11849
page(s): 45-46 [details]
original description (of Ammotrypane Rathke, 1843) Rathke, H. (1843). Beiträge zur Fauna Norwegens. [Contributions to the Fauna of Norway]. <em>Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum, Breslau & Bonn.</em> 20: 1-264., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11613
page(s): 186-188 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
additional source Kongsrud, J. A.; Bakken, T.; Oug, E. 2011. Deep-water species of the genus Ophelina (Annelida, Opheliidae) in the Nordic Seas, with the description of Ophelina brattegardi sp. nov. Italian Journal of Zoology 78(Supplement 1): 95-111 [details]
identification resource Parapar, Julio; Al-Kandari, Manal; Barroso, María; Moreira, Juan. (2023). The genus Ophelina Örsted, 1843 (Annelida: Opheliidae) in the coast of Kuwait (northern Indian Ocean), with the description of a new species. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 870; 1-29., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2113
page(s): 22 of 29; note: key for species of Ophelina in the Indo-Pacific, Southern Asia, Indo-Malay Archipelago and Australia [details] Available for editors
page(s): 45-46 [details]
original description (of Ammotrypane Rathke, 1843) Rathke, H. (1843). Beiträge zur Fauna Norwegens. [Contributions to the Fauna of Norway]. <em>Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum, Breslau & Bonn.</em> 20: 1-264., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11613
page(s): 186-188 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
additional source Kongsrud, J. A.; Bakken, T.; Oug, E. 2011. Deep-water species of the genus Ophelina (Annelida, Opheliidae) in the Nordic Seas, with the description of Ophelina brattegardi sp. nov. Italian Journal of Zoology 78(Supplement 1): 95-111 [details]
identification resource Parapar, Julio; Al-Kandari, Manal; Barroso, María; Moreira, Juan. (2023). The genus Ophelina Örsted, 1843 (Annelida: Opheliidae) in the coast of Kuwait (northern Indian Ocean), with the description of a new species. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 870; 1-29., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2113
page(s): 22 of 29; note: key for species of Ophelina in the Indo-Pacific, Southern Asia, Indo-Malay Archipelago and Australia [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis From Maciolek & Blake (2006):"Body elongate, not divided into distinct regions; with deep ventral groove and two lateral grooves along entire length of body. Prostomium conical, sometimes with terminal palpode; eyes present or absent. Branchiae present or absent; if present, beginning on chaetiger 2, continuing to posterior end, sometimes absent from middle or far posterior chaetigers; branchiae single, cirriform. Segmental lateral eyes absent. Noto- and neuropodia with small fascicles of capillary chaetae; small ventral cirrus present. Pygidium with anal funnel sometimes bearing long unpaired cirrus and additional lateral cirri." [details]
Nomenclature Ophelina Savigny is included in several English translations of Cuvier's "Le Règne Animal ...", notably the expanded version published by Whittaker, with Griffith as lead author. However, this appears to be a coincidental lapsus when the text should have been Ophelia Savigny. A new name was not intended. If so Ophelina appearing in the Griffith volume is not an available name for taxonomy, and the listing in 'Nomenclator Zoologicus' [http://www.ubio.org/NZ/PDF/Vol3/pg0430.pdf] of two apparent Ophelina authorships should not be interpreted as a case of homonymy. [details]
