Ophelia rathkei McIntosh, 1908 
AphiaID: 130496

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Scolecida (Subclass) > Opheliidae (Family) > Opheliinae (Subfamily) > Ophelia (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Ophelia Savigny, 1818
Synonymised taxa		Ophelia cluthensis McGuire, 1935 (subjective synonym) Ophelia remanei Augener, 1939 (subjective synonym)
Sources		original description: McIntosh, W.C. 1908. Notes from the Gatty Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews. No. 29. 1. On a tumor in a plaice. 2. On the british Opheliidae, Scalibregmidae, and Telethusae. 3. On the same families in the 'Porcupine' Expeditions of 1869 and 1870. 4. On the foregoing families dredged by Dr. Whiteaves in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada. 5. On the same groups dredged in Norwegian waters and in Finmark by Canon Norman. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1: 373-387. [details] basis of record: Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 214-231 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] additional source: de Kluijver, M.J.; Ingalsuo, S.S.; de Bruyne, R.H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Tebble, Norman 1952. On three species of the genus Ophelia (Polychaeta) from British and adjacent waters. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 5: 553-571. page(s): 567 [details] from synonym: Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1971).[use for POLYCHAETA] Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta 1-594. IN: Dahl, Maria and Peus, Fritz (Ed.). Vol. 58. Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Maermalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise. Gustav Fischer Verlag. Jena. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 385 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: McGuire, I. P. 1935. Note on a new species of polychaete (Ophelia cluthensis). Scottish Naturalist, 212: 45-46. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Chassé, C.; Picard, J. 1968. Identification, variabilité et ëcologie d'Ophelia rathkei McIntosh, espèce nouvelle pour les côtes Françaises. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 9: 133-142 page(s): 134 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Wolff, W. J. 1969. A new station of Ophelia rathkei McIntosh in northern France. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 10: 83-84. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Augener, H. 1939. Beitrag zur Polychaetenfauna der Ostsee. Kieler Meeresforschungen, 3(1): 133-147. [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		type locality: United Kingdom (from specimen) Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Roscoff [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wimereux [details]
Specimen		Holotype , locality United Kingdom (Atlantic Ocean) [details]
Feedingtype		deposit feeder [details]
Links		To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130496
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Bellan, Gérard 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian
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		Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Ophelia rathkei McIntosh, 1908. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130496 on 2013-05-20