Ophelia denticulata Verrill, 1875 
AphiaID: 155463

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
Sources		original description: Verrill, A.E. 1875. Results of dredging expeditions off the New England coast in 1874. American Journal of Science and Arts, Ser. 3, 9(54): 411-415. [details] basis of record: Dauvin, J.-C.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gentil, F. (2003). Liste actualisée des espèces d’Annélides Polychètes présentes en Manche [An up to date list of polychaetous annelids from the English Channel]. Cah. Biol. Mar. 44(1): 67-95 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C  [details] additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] additional source: Fauchald, K., A. Granados-Barba, and V. Solís-Weiss. 2009. Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] North West Atlantic [details] Roscoff [details]
Links		To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection To ITIS
Notes		Date of publication: species nor author mentioned in ZR (1875-76) [details] Distribution: Range covers both subprovinces of Acadian and Virginian [details] Type locality: Atlantic Ocean, Maine [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155463
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-04-27 08:17:47Z   created   Appeltans, Ward 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian
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		Citation: Fauchald, K. (2013). Ophelia denticulata Verrill, 1875. 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=155463 on 2013-05-23