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CaRMS taxon detailsOphelina Örsted, 1843
129414 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129414)
accepted
Genus
Ophelina acuminata Örsted, 1843 (type by monotypy)
Ammotrypane Rathke, 1843 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine,
recent only
feminine
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]
Etymology Örsted introduces new genus Ophelina on the same page that he includes a species of Ophelia. No name origin is given but...
Etymology Örsted introduces new genus Ophelina on the same page that he includes a species of Ophelia. No name origin is given but it seems to be named with an -ina suffix to indicate a relationship to Ophelia. Ophelia is a well-known feminine given name but this is of comparatively recent origin and the word derives from a Greek noun for 'help'. The gender is feminine. [details] Nomenclature Ophelina with the authorship attributed to Savigny is included in several English translations of Cuvier's "Le Règne...
Nomenclature Ophelina with the authorship attributed to 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: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129414 on 2025-11-16
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Ophelina Örsted, 1843. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129414 on 2025-11-16
Date action by
original description
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] status source Grube, Adolph-Eduard. (1878). Annulata Semperiana. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Annelidenfauna der Philippinen nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten Sammlungen. <em>Mémoires l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.- Pétersbourg.</em> (série 7) 25(8): 1-300., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45379218 page(s): 192-193; note: genus reestablished, being removed from synonymy with Ophelia [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
From editor or global species database
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] Etymology Örsted introduces new genus Ophelina on the same page that he includes a species of Ophelia. No name origin is given but it seems to be named with an -ina suffix to indicate a relationship to Ophelia. Ophelia is a well-known feminine given name but this is of comparatively recent origin and the word derives from a Greek noun for 'help'. The gender is feminine. [details] Nomenclature Ophelina with the authorship attributed to 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]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophelina)
To Genbank To The Arctic Traits Database (5 traits) To ITIS Unreviewed
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