RAMS taxon details
Ophelina cylindricaudata (Hansen, 1879)
130503 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130503)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Hansen, G. Armauer. (1879). Annelider fra den norske Nordhavsexpedition i 1876. <em>Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne, Christiania.</em> 24(1): 1-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9491620
page(s): 8-9, pl. VI figs. 1-8 [details]
page(s): 8-9, pl. VI figs. 1-8 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Ophelina cylindricaudata (Hansen, 1879). 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://marinespecies.org/rams./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130503 on 2026-10-12
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 cylindricaudata (Hansen, 1879). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130503 on 2026-10-12
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original description
(of ) Hansen, G. Armauer. (1879). Annelider fra den norske Nordhavsexpedition i 1876. <em>Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne, Christiania.</em> 24(1): 1-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9491620
page(s): 8-9, pl. VI figs. 1-8 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Budaeva N.E., Jirkov I.A., Savilova T.A., Paterson G.L.J. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Polychaeta. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 217–230 [in English]., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.11.1.20 [details] Available for editors
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS)
note: checklist listing [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 Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta] 2nd revised ed. <em>Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise [The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology].</em> 58. 648 pp. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin
page(s): 374; note: Jirkov headlines the name as "agg Ophelina cylindricaudata" without an author, and appears to compare (aggregate in?) several later-described species names. His intentions are not clear as the Russian...
[details] Available for editors
additional source Parapar, J.; Moreira, J.; Helgason, G. V. 2011. Distribution and diversity of the Opheliidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) on the continental shelf and slope of Iceland, with a review of the genus Ophelina in northeast Atlantic waters and description of two new species. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 11(2): 83-105., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-011-0046-2
page(s): 92; note: records for Icelandic seas [details]
additional source Støp-Bowitz, Carl. (1945). Les ophéliens norvégiens. <em>Meddelelser fra det Zoologiske Museum, Oslo.</em> 52: 21-61.
page(s): 49-53, fig. 5 [details] Available for editors
redescription Kongsrud, J. A.; Bakken, T.; Oug, E. 2011. Deep-water species of the genus Ophelina (Annelida, Opheliidae) in the Nordic Seas, with the description of Ophelina brattegardi sp. nov. Italian Journal of Zoology 78(Supplement 1): 95-111, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2011.606658
page(s): 99, figures 3, 6D; note: redescription from syntypes, one designated lectotype, and type locality stated. No subjective synonyms are included. [details] Available for editors
page(s): 8-9, pl. VI figs. 1-8 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Budaeva N.E., Jirkov I.A., Savilova T.A., Paterson G.L.J. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Polychaeta. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 217–230 [in English]., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.11.1.20 [details] Available for editors
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS)
note: checklist listing [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 Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta] 2nd revised ed. <em>Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise [The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology].</em> 58. 648 pp. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin
page(s): 374; note: Jirkov headlines the name as "agg Ophelina cylindricaudata" without an author, and appears to compare (aggregate in?) several later-described species names. His intentions are not clear as the Russian...
Jirkov headlines the name as "agg Ophelina cylindricaudata" without an author, and appears to compare (aggregate in?) several later-described species names. His intentions are not clear as the Russian text is not machine-readable in his pdf.
additional source Parapar, J.; Moreira, J.; Helgason, G. V. 2011. Distribution and diversity of the Opheliidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) on the continental shelf and slope of Iceland, with a review of the genus Ophelina in northeast Atlantic waters and description of two new species. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 11(2): 83-105., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-011-0046-2
page(s): 92; note: records for Icelandic seas [details]
additional source Støp-Bowitz, Carl. (1945). Les ophéliens norvégiens. <em>Meddelelser fra det Zoologiske Museum, Oslo.</em> 52: 21-61.
page(s): 49-53, fig. 5 [details] Available for editors
redescription Kongsrud, J. A.; Bakken, T.; Oug, E. 2011. Deep-water species of the genus Ophelina (Annelida, Opheliidae) in the Nordic Seas, with the description of Ophelina brattegardi sp. nov. Italian Journal of Zoology 78(Supplement 1): 95-111, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2011.606658
page(s): 99, figures 3, 6D; note: redescription from syntypes, one designated lectotype, and type locality stated. No subjective synonyms are included. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (50 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophelina cylindricaudata)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI
To The Arctic Traits Database (15 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (354 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophelina cylindricaudata)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI
To The Arctic Traits Database (15 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (354 records)
To ITIS