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Ophryotrocha cyclops Salvo, Wiklund, Dufour, Hamoutene, Pohle & Worsaae, 2014

826901  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:826901)

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Salvo, Flora; Wiklund, Helena; Dufour, Suzanne C.; Hamoutene, Dounia; Pohle, Gerhard; Worsaae, Katrine. (2014). A new annelid species from whalebones in Greenland and aquaculture sites in Newfoundland: <em>Ophryotrocha </em><em>cyclops</em>, sp. nov. (Eunicida: Dorvilleidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3887(5): 555-568., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/Zootaxa.3887.5.3 [details]   
Holotype  CMN CMNA 2014-0002, geounit Newfoundland  
Holotype CMN CMNA 2014-0002, geounit Newfoundland [details]
Note Fortune Bay, Newfoundland, Canada, 47.6444...  
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Type locality Fortune Bay, Newfoundland, Canada, 47.6444 -55.2375, 55 m, underneath salmon cages [details]
Distribution Newfoundland and Greenland coasts, northwest Atlantic  
Distribution Newfoundland and Greenland coasts, northwest Atlantic [details]

Etymology authors: cyclops "due to the juxtaposed, quasi-fused central eyes that give the impression of a single eye in live specimens"  
Etymology authors: cyclops "due to the juxtaposed, quasi-fused central eyes that give the impression of a single eye in live specimens" [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Ophryotrocha cyclops Salvo, Wiklund, Dufour, Hamoutene, Pohle & Worsaae, 2014. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=826901 on 2024-04-20
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original description Salvo, Flora; Wiklund, Helena; Dufour, Suzanne C.; Hamoutene, Dounia; Pohle, Gerhard; Worsaae, Katrine. (2014). A new annelid species from whalebones in Greenland and aquaculture sites in Newfoundland: <em>Ophryotrocha </em><em>cyclops</em>, sp. nov. (Eunicida: Dorvilleidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3887(5): 555-568., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/Zootaxa.3887.5.3 [details]   

ecology source Salvo, Flora; Hamoutene, Dounia; Dufour, Suzanne C. (2015). Trophic analyses of opportunistic polychaetes (Ophryotrocha cyclops) at salmonid aquaculture sites. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 95(04): 713-722., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315414002070 [details]   

ecology source Salvo, Flora; Dufour, Suzanne C.; Hamoutene, Dounia; Parrish, Christopher C. (2015). Lipid Classes and Fatty Acids in Ophryotrocha cyclops, a Dorvilleid from Newfoundland Aquaculture Sites. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 10(8): e0136772., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136772 [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype CMN CMNA 2014-0002, geounit Newfoundland [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Newfoundland and Greenland coasts, northwest Atlantic [details]

Etymology authors: cyclops "due to the juxtaposed, quasi-fused central eyes that give the impression of a single eye in live specimens" [details]

Habitat "Known from rocky bottom and on the top layer of flocculent matter beneath fish farms at 30–73 m depth on the south coast of Newfoundland and on whalebones at 123 m depth in Malene Bay, Nuuk, Greenland." [details]

Type locality Fortune Bay, Newfoundland, Canada, 47.6444 -55.2375, 55 m, underneath salmon cages [details]