WoRMS taxon details
Eunoe opalina McIntosh, 1885
327847 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:327847)
accepted
Species
Harmothoe (Eunoe) opalina McIntosh, 1885 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 71-72, Pl. X fig. 5, Pl. XIX fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 71-72, Pl. X fig. 5, Pl. XIX fig. 2 [details]
Type locality contained in Cape Horn
, Note South America, southern tip
type locality contained in Cape Horn [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality South America, southern tip [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Eunoe opalina McIntosh, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327847 on 2025-10-10
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Nomenclature
original description
McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 71-72, Pl. X fig. 5, Pl. XIX fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 71-72, Pl. X fig. 5, Pl. XIX fig. 2 [details]
Other
additional source
Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1930). Polychaete worms. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 2: 1-222., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15904801
page(s): 50-51, fig. 12a-b [details]
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.
note: checklist listing, but probably a mistake (Ross Sea record only in NZ region) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Averincev, V. G. (1972). Benthic polychaetes Errantia from the Antarctic and Subantarctic collected by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition]. Issledovaniya fauny morei. <em>Zoologicheskii Institut Akademii Nauk USSR.</em> 11(19): 88-292 [Biological Results of the Soviet Antarctic Expeditions, 5].
page(s): 122 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Knox, George A.; Cameron, D.B. (1998). The Marina Fauna of the Ross Sea: Polychaeta. <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 108: 1-125., available online at https://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/Memoir%20108_Marine%20Fauna%20of%20Ross%20Sea_Polychaeta%20-%201998.pdf
page(s): 23, figures 35-39; note: one record for the Ross Sea [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 50-51, fig. 12a-b [details]
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.
note: checklist listing, but probably a mistake (Ross Sea record only in NZ region) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Averincev, V. G. (1972). Benthic polychaetes Errantia from the Antarctic and Subantarctic collected by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition]. Issledovaniya fauny morei. <em>Zoologicheskii Institut Akademii Nauk USSR.</em> 11(19): 88-292 [Biological Results of the Soviet Antarctic Expeditions, 5].
page(s): 122 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Knox, George A.; Cameron, D.B. (1998). The Marina Fauna of the Ross Sea: Polychaeta. <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 108: 1-125., available online at https://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/Memoir%20108_Marine%20Fauna%20of%20Ross%20Sea_Polychaeta%20-%201998.pdf
page(s): 23, figures 35-39; note: one record for the Ross Sea [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Specimen The Natural History Museum, London [details]Type locality South America, southern tip [details]
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eunoe opalina)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Eunoe opalina (1) 57540)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Eunoe opalina 57540)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (3 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eunoe opalina)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Eunoe opalina (1) 57540)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Eunoe opalina 57540)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (3 records)
To ITIS
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