RAMS taxon details
Ophelina breviata (Ehlers, 1913)
130502 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130502)
accepted
Species
Ammotrypane breviata Ehlers, 1913 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Ophelina brevita [auct. lapsus] · unaccepted (lapsus calami)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Ammotrypane breviata Ehlers, 1913) Ehlers, Ernst. (1913). Die Polychaeten-Sammlungen der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901‒1903. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901‒1903 im Auftrage des Reichsamtes des Innern.</em> 13(4): 397-598, plates XXVI-XLVI., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2139283
page(s): 523-524, plate XXXIX figs. 1-7 [details]
page(s): 523-524, plate XXXIX figs. 1-7 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Ophelina breviata (Ehlers, 1913). Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130502 on 2026-10-09
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Ophelina breviata (Ehlers, 1913). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130502 on 2026-10-09
original description
(of Ammotrypane breviata Ehlers, 1913) Ehlers, Ernst. (1913). Die Polychaeten-Sammlungen der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901‒1903. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901‒1903 im Auftrage des Reichsamtes des Innern.</em> 13(4): 397-598, plates XXVI-XLVI., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2139283
page(s): 523-524, plate XXXIX figs. 1-7 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source 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
page(s): 105 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 523-524, plate XXXIX figs. 1-7 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source 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
page(s): 105 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Ammotrypane breviata Ehlers, 1913)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ammotrypane breviata USNM 46885 dorsal view) (from synonym Ammotrypane breviata Ehlers, 1913)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ammotrypane breviata USNM 46885 ventral view) (from synonym Ammotrypane breviata Ehlers, 1913)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (11 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (5 records) (from synonym Ammotrypane breviata Ehlers, 1913)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Ammotrypane breviata Ehlers, 1913)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ammotrypane breviata USNM 46885 dorsal view) (from synonym Ammotrypane breviata Ehlers, 1913)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ammotrypane breviata USNM 46885 ventral view) (from synonym Ammotrypane breviata Ehlers, 1913)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (11 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (5 records) (from synonym Ammotrypane breviata Ehlers, 1913)
To ITIS
