World Polychaeta Database - Opheliinae Malmgren, 1867

Polychaeta taxon details

Opheliinae Malmgren, 1867

AphiaID

313540 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:313540)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Type taxon

Ophelia Savigny, 1822

Parent

Opheliidae Malmgren, 1867

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Genus Ophelia Savigny, 1822
Genus Thoracophelia Ehlers, 1897
Genus Cassandane Kinberg, 1866 accepted as Ophelia Savigny, 1822 (subjective synonym)
Genus Euzonus Grube, 1866 accepted as Thoracophelia Ehlers, 1897 (replaced junior homonym)
Genus Lobochesis Hutchings & Murray, 1984 accepted as Thoracophelia Ehlers, 1897 (subjective synonym)
Genus Neomeris Costa, 1844 accepted as Ophelia Savigny, 1822 (subjective synonym)
Genus Nitetis Kinberg, 1866 accepted as Ophelia Savigny, 1822 (subjective synonym)
Genus Pectinophelia Hartman, 1938 accepted as Thoracophelia Ehlers, 1897 (subjective synonym)
Genus Pseudophelia Katzmann, 1973 accepted as Ophelia Savigny, 1822 (subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

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; note: as Opheliidae [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Opheliinae Malmgren, 1867. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=313540 on 2026-05-22

Taxonomic edit history

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2008-02-28 11:07:56Z

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Decock, Wim

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

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Fauchald, Kristian

2021-03-11 06:58:22Z

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Read, Geoffrey

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original description 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; note: as Opheliidae [details]

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