CaRMS taxon details
Opheliidae Malmgren, 1867
- Subfamily Opheliinae Malmgren, 1867
- Genus Ophelia Savigny, 1822
- Subfamily Ophelininae Hartmann-Schröder, 1971
- Genus Armandia Filippi, 1861
- Genus Ophelina Örsted, 1843
- Genus Ammotrypane Rathke, 1843 accepted as Ophelina Örsted, 1843 (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 73 [details]
page(s): 73 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Opheliidae Malmgren, 1867. 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=924 on 2025-05-16
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Opheliidae Malmgren, 1867. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=924 on 2025-05-16
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Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 73 [details]
taxonomy source Bellan, Gerard; Bellan-Santini, Denise; Dauvin, Jean-Claude. (1990). Phénétique et phylogénie des Opheliidae (Annélides Polychètes). <em>Comptes-Rendus hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris.</em> 310 (5): 175-181. plate 1., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6296917d/f189.item [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1971).[use for POLYCHAETA] Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta 1-594. IN: Dahl, Maria and Peus, Fritz (Ed.). Vol. 58. Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Maermalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise. Gustav Fischer Verlag. Jena. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 383; note: creates three subfamilies [details]
taxonomy source Grube, Adolf Eduard. (1850). Die Familien der Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 16(1): 249-364., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6958350
page(s): 319; note: Recognised the family as "Opheliacea" [details]
taxonomy source Magalhães, Wagner F.; Rizzo, Alexandra E.; Bailey-Brock, Julie H. (2019). Opheliidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the western Pacific islands, including five new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4555(2): 209-235., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4555.2.3 [details] Available for editors
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]
identification resource Maciolek, Nancy J.; Blake, James A. (2006). Opheliidae (Polychaeta) collected by the R/V <i>Hero</i> and the USNS <i>Eltanin</i> cruises from the Southern Ocean and South America. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 70S3: 101-113., available online at http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/114 [details] Available for editors
biology source Parapar, Julio; Martínez, Alejandro; Moreira, Juan. (2021). On the Systematics and Biodiversity of the Opheliidae and Scalibregmatidae. <em>Diversity.</em> 13(2): 1-34., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/13/2/87 [details]
biology source Blake, James A.; Maciolek, Nancy J. (2020). 7.6.1 Opheliidae Malmgren, 1867. <em>[Book chapter].</em> In Handbook of Zoology. Annelida: Pleistoannelida, Sedentaria II; Purschke, Günter; Boggemann, Markus; Westheide, Wilfried Eds; De Gruyter: Berlin, Germany, 2020. [details]
page(s): 73 [details]
taxonomy source Bellan, Gerard; Bellan-Santini, Denise; Dauvin, Jean-Claude. (1990). Phénétique et phylogénie des Opheliidae (Annélides Polychètes). <em>Comptes-Rendus hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris.</em> 310 (5): 175-181. plate 1., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6296917d/f189.item [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1971).[use for POLYCHAETA] Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta 1-594. IN: Dahl, Maria and Peus, Fritz (Ed.). Vol. 58. Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Maermalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise. Gustav Fischer Verlag. Jena. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 383; note: creates three subfamilies [details]
taxonomy source Grube, Adolf Eduard. (1850). Die Familien der Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 16(1): 249-364., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6958350
page(s): 319; note: Recognised the family as "Opheliacea" [details]
taxonomy source Magalhães, Wagner F.; Rizzo, Alexandra E.; Bailey-Brock, Julie H. (2019). Opheliidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the western Pacific islands, including five new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4555(2): 209-235., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4555.2.3 [details] Available for editors
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]
identification resource Maciolek, Nancy J.; Blake, James A. (2006). Opheliidae (Polychaeta) collected by the R/V <i>Hero</i> and the USNS <i>Eltanin</i> cruises from the Southern Ocean and South America. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 70S3: 101-113., available online at http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/114 [details] Available for editors
biology source Parapar, Julio; Martínez, Alejandro; Moreira, Juan. (2021). On the Systematics and Biodiversity of the Opheliidae and Scalibregmatidae. <em>Diversity.</em> 13(2): 1-34., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/13/2/87 [details]
biology source Blake, James A.; Maciolek, Nancy J. (2020). 7.6.1 Opheliidae Malmgren, 1867. <em>[Book chapter].</em> In Handbook of Zoology. Annelida: Pleistoannelida, Sedentaria II; Purschke, Günter; Boggemann, Markus; Westheide, Wilfried Eds; De Gruyter: Berlin, Germany, 2020. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Authority Grube (1850: 318) had earlier recognised the family as "Opheliacea", part of tribus Limivora, and for genus Ophelia (not Ophelina), but Malmgren (1867:73) first used the required 'idae' formulation as Opheliidae. [details]Classification See Travisiidae for Travisia species, and comments on their transfer out of a former position in Opheliidae to Scalibregmatidae (as subfamily Travisiinae) and then to the independent sister family, Travisiidae, to Scalibregmatidae.
Originally Hartmann-Schröder (1971: 383) had divided the Opheliidae into three subfamilies, namely the nominal subfamily Opheliinae, based on Ophelia, the subfamily Travisiinae Hartmann-Schröder for Travisia (now a distinct family), and the subfamily Ophelininae Hartmann-Schröder for Ophelina. This has resulted in a confusing spelling similarity of subfamilies Opheliinae and Ophelininae [details]
