WoRMS taxon details
Ophelina acuminata Örsted, 1843
130500 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130500)
accepted
Species
Ammotrypane aulogaster Rathke, 1843 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Ammotrypane fimbriata Verrill, 1873 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Ammotrypane gracile McIntosh, 1885 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Ammotrypane ingebrigtsenii Kükenthal, 1887 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Ophelia acuminata [auctt.] · unaccepted (lapsus for Ophelina acuminata)
Ophelia aulogaster (Rathke, 1843) · unaccepted (recombination of subjective synonym)
Ophelina aulogaster (Rathke, 1843) · unaccepted (recombination of 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): 46 [details]
page(s): 46 [details]
Holotype , geounit Denmark
, Note Øresund Strait, between Landskrone (Sweden)...
Holotype, geounit Denmark [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Øresund Strait, between Landskrone (Sweden) and Hveen (= Ven) Island (Sweden), NE Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 55.888°, 12.765°), in a rocky bottom. [details]
Depth range Subtidal.
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet acuminata (masculine: acuminatus) is a Latin adjective meaning...
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), northern Gaspe waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to...
Depth range Subtidal. [details]
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet acuminata (masculine: acuminatus) is a Latin adjective meaning...
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet acuminata (masculine: acuminatus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'pointed', 'sharpened or 'tapering', and refers presumably to the shape of the body, described as having the width regularly decreasing towards the end on each extremity: ''utramque corporis extremitatem versus regulariler decrescentibus'' (Örsted, 1843: 46). [details]
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), northern Gaspe waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to...
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), northern Gaspe waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: Eastern Bradelle Valley), downstream part of Middle St. Lawrence estuary, Magdalen Islands (from Eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel), lower St. Lawrence estuary, Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway), and the Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait); Cobscook Bay [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Ophelina acuminata Örsted, 1843. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130500 on 2025-02-12
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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): 46 [details]
original description (of Ammotrypane aulogaster 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): 188-190, 205-208, plate X figs. 1-3, 19, plate XI fig. 15 [details]
original description (of Ammotrypane fimbriata Verrill, 1873) Verrill, A. E. (1873). XVIII. Report upon the invertebrate animals of Vineyard Sound and the adjacent waters, with an account of the physical characters of the region. <em>Report on the condition of the sea fisheries of the south coast of New England [later becomes Reports of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries].</em> 1: 295-778 pls. 1-38., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12087501
page(s): 604-605, plate XV fig. 79 [details]
original description (of Ammotrypane gracile McIntosh, 1885) McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 357, plate XLIII figs. 9, 12 [details]
original description (of Ammotrypane ingebrigtsenii Kükenthal, 1887) Kükenthal, W. (1887). Die Opheliaceen der Expedition der Vettore Pisani. <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft.</em> 21: 361-373., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8612269 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (HKRMS) BU. (2013). Provision of services for field sampling, species identification and data analysis of benthic faunal communities of Hong Kong marin waters. Final report submitted to EPD. [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
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 Støp-Bowitz, Carl. (1945). Les ophéliens norvégiens. <em>Meddelelser fra det Zoologiske Museum, Oslo.</em> 52: 21-61.
page(s): 38-44, fig. 3 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
redescription Blake, J.A. 2000. Family Opheliidae Malmgren, 1867. pages 145-168. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 7 - The Annelida Part 4. Polychaeta: Fabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details]
redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 46 [details]
original description (of Ammotrypane aulogaster 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): 188-190, 205-208, plate X figs. 1-3, 19, plate XI fig. 15 [details]
original description (of Ammotrypane fimbriata Verrill, 1873) Verrill, A. E. (1873). XVIII. Report upon the invertebrate animals of Vineyard Sound and the adjacent waters, with an account of the physical characters of the region. <em>Report on the condition of the sea fisheries of the south coast of New England [later becomes Reports of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries].</em> 1: 295-778 pls. 1-38., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12087501
page(s): 604-605, plate XV fig. 79 [details]
original description (of Ammotrypane gracile McIntosh, 1885) McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 357, plate XLIII figs. 9, 12 [details]
original description (of Ammotrypane ingebrigtsenii Kükenthal, 1887) Kükenthal, W. (1887). Die Opheliaceen der Expedition der Vettore Pisani. <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft.</em> 21: 361-373., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8612269 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (HKRMS) BU. (2013). Provision of services for field sampling, species identification and data analysis of benthic faunal communities of Hong Kong marin waters. Final report submitted to EPD. [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]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 Støp-Bowitz, Carl. (1945). Les ophéliens norvégiens. <em>Meddelelser fra det Zoologiske Museum, Oslo.</em> 52: 21-61.
page(s): 38-44, fig. 3 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
redescription Blake, J.A. 2000. Family Opheliidae Malmgren, 1867. pages 145-168. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 7 - The Annelida Part 4. Polychaeta: Fabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details]
redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype, geounit Denmark [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Subtidal. [details]Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet acuminata (masculine: acuminatus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'pointed', 'sharpened or 'tapering', and refers presumably to the shape of the body, described as having the width regularly decreasing towards the end on each extremity: ''utramque corporis extremitatem versus regulariler decrescentibus'' (Örsted, 1843: 46). [details]
Habitat Subtidal rocky bottom. [details]
Type locality Øresund Strait, between Landskrone (Sweden) and Hveen (= Ven) Island (Sweden), NE Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 55.888°, 12.765°), in a rocky bottom. [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), northern Gaspe waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: Eastern Bradelle Valley), downstream part of Middle St. Lawrence estuary, Magdalen Islands (from Eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel), lower St. Lawrence estuary, Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway), and the Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait); Cobscook Bay [details]Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
To Barcode of Life (34 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (100 publications) (from synonym Ammotrypane aulogaster Rathke, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Ammotrypane fimbriata Verrill, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Ophelina aulogaster (Rathke, 1843))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophelina acuminata)
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 30 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Ophelina aulogaster (Rathke, 1843))
To PESI (from synonym Ammotrypane aulogaster Rathke, 1843)
To The Arctic Traits Database (24 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records) (from synonym Ammotrypane aulogaster Rathke, 1843)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records) (from synonym Ammotrypane fimbriata Verrill, 1873)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (362 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (100 publications) (from synonym Ammotrypane aulogaster Rathke, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Ammotrypane fimbriata Verrill, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Ophelina aulogaster (Rathke, 1843))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophelina acuminata)
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 30 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Ophelina aulogaster (Rathke, 1843))
To PESI (from synonym Ammotrypane aulogaster Rathke, 1843)
To The Arctic Traits Database (24 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records) (from synonym Ammotrypane aulogaster Rathke, 1843)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records) (from synonym Ammotrypane fimbriata Verrill, 1873)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (362 records)
To ITIS
