MSBIAS taxon details
Thoracophelia Ehlers, 1897
326053 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326053)
accepted
Genus
Euzonus Grube, 1866 · unaccepted (replaced junior homonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ehlers, Ernst. (1897). Polychaeten. <em>Ergebnisse der Hamburger Magalhaensischen Sammelreise 1892/93.</em> 3: 1-148, 9 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46140179
page(s): 101 [details]
page(s): 101 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Thoracophelia Ehlers, 1897. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326053 on 2026-04-10
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Thoracophelia Ehlers, 1897. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326053 on 2026-04-10
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original description
Ehlers, Ernst. (1897). Polychaeten. <em>Ergebnisse der Hamburger Magalhaensischen Sammelreise 1892/93.</em> 3: 1-148, 9 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46140179
page(s): 101 [details]
original description (of Euzonus Grube, 1866) Grube, Adolph Eduard. (1866). Einigen neuen Anneliden, zunächst einer nordischen, in die Nähe der Ophelien und Scalibregmen zu stellenden Annelide, <i>Euzonus arcticus</i>. <em>Jahres-Bericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für vaterländische Cultur.</em> 43: 64-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46561424
page(s): 64-65 [details]
additional source Hartman, O. 1938. Descriptions of new species and new generic records of polychaetous annelids from California of the families Glyceridae, Eunicidae, Stauronereidae, and Opheliidae. University of California Publications in Zoology, 43(6): 93-111.
page(s): 107 [details] Available for editors
additional source Law, Chris J.; Dorgan, Kelly M.; Rouse, Greg W. (2013). Validation of three sympatric <i>Thoracophelia</i> species (Annelida: Opheliidae) from Dillon Beach, California using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3608(1): 67-74., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3608.1.4 [details] Available for editors
status source Blake, James A. (2011). Revalidation of the genus Thoracophelia Ehlers, 1897, replacing Euzonus Grube, 1866 (Polychaeta: Opheliidae), junior homonym of Euzonus Menge, 1854 (Arthropoda: Diplopoda), together with a literature summary and updated listing of Thoracophelia species. Zootaxa, 2807: 65-68, available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2807.1.5 [details]
page(s): 101 [details]
original description (of Euzonus Grube, 1866) Grube, Adolph Eduard. (1866). Einigen neuen Anneliden, zunächst einer nordischen, in die Nähe der Ophelien und Scalibregmen zu stellenden Annelide, <i>Euzonus arcticus</i>. <em>Jahres-Bericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für vaterländische Cultur.</em> 43: 64-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46561424
page(s): 64-65 [details]
additional source Hartman, O. 1938. Descriptions of new species and new generic records of polychaetous annelids from California of the families Glyceridae, Eunicidae, Stauronereidae, and Opheliidae. University of California Publications in Zoology, 43(6): 93-111.
page(s): 107 [details] Available for editors
additional source Law, Chris J.; Dorgan, Kelly M.; Rouse, Greg W. (2013). Validation of three sympatric <i>Thoracophelia</i> species (Annelida: Opheliidae) from Dillon Beach, California using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3608(1): 67-74., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3608.1.4 [details] Available for editors
status source Blake, James A. (2011). Revalidation of the genus Thoracophelia Ehlers, 1897, replacing Euzonus Grube, 1866 (Polychaeta: Opheliidae), junior homonym of Euzonus Menge, 1854 (Arthropoda: Diplopoda), together with a literature summary and updated listing of Thoracophelia species. Zootaxa, 2807: 65-68, available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2807.1.5 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
