Thoracophelia Ehlers, 1897 
AphiaID: 326053

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

Status		accepted
Rank		Genus
Typetaxon		Thoracophelia furcifera Ehlers, 1897 (type by monotypy)
Parent		Opheliinae
Synonymised names		Euzonus Grube, 1866 (replaced junior homonym) Euzonus (Euzonus) (parent is replaced homonym) Euzonus (Thoracophelia) (Ehlers, 1897) · accepted, alternate representation (superseded combination) Lobochesis Hutchings & Murray, 1984 (subjective synonym) Pectinophelia Hartman, 1938 (subjective synonym)
Sources		original description Ehlers, E. (1897). Polychaeten. Ergebnisse der Hamburger Magalhaensischen Sammelreise 1892/93. 3: 1-148, 9 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/173732#page/239/mode/1up page(s): 101 [details] additional source Law, Chris; Dorgan, Kelly M.; Rouse, Greg W. 2013. Validation of three sympatric Thoracophelia species (Annelida: Opheliidae) from Dillon Beach, California using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data. Zootaxa 3608(1): 67-74  [details] status source Blake, James A. 2011. Revalidation of the genus Thoracophelia Ehlers, 1897, replacing Euzonus Grube, 1866 (Polychaeta: Opheliidae), junior homonym of Euzonus Menge, 1854 (Arthropoda: Diplopoda), together with a literature summary and updated listing of Thoracophelia species [Correspondence]. Zootaxa 2807: 65–68. , available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02807p068.pdf [details] additional source (of Euzonus Grube, 1866) Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details] basis of record (of Euzonus Grube, 1866) Bellan, Gerard. (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., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/77636.pdf [details] original description (of Euzonus Grube, 1866) Grube, A.E. 1866. Eine neue Annelida, zunaechst einer nordischen, in der Naehe der Ophelien und Scalibregmen zu stellenden Annelide, Euzonus arcticus. Schles.gesellschaft fur vaterlandische cultur Breslau Jahresber., 43: 64-65. [details] status source (of Euzonus Grube, 1866) Neave, S.A. (ed) 1939. Nomenclator zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus 1758 to the end of 1935., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1439031 page(s): 384 [details] status source (of Euzonus Grube, 1866) Brewer, Michael S. ; Sierwald, Petra ; Bond, Jason E. 2011: A generic homonym concerning chordeumatid millipedes (Arthropoda: Diplopoda) and ophellid [sic] worms (Annelida: Polycheata [sic]). Zootaxa 2744: 65–68. , available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z02744p068f.pdf [details] basis of record (of Euzonus (Thoracophelia) (Ehlers, 1897)) Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] original description (of Lobochesis Hutchings & Murray, 1984) Hutchings, Patricia A.; Murray, Anna. (1984). Taxonomy of polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum. Supplement 3: 1-118., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.0812-7387.3.1984.101 page(s): 75 [details] source of synonymy (of Lobochesis Hutchings & Murray, 1984) Santos, Cinthya S.G.; Nonato, Edmundo F.; and Petersen, Mary E. 2004. Two new species of Opheliidae (Annelida: Polychaeta): Euzonus papillatus sp. n. from a northeastern Brazilian sandy beach and Euzonus mammillatus sp. n. from the continental shelf of southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa, 478, 31:1-12, available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.478.1.1 page(s): 10-11; note: as Euzonus [details] basis of record (of Euzonus (Euzonus)) Fauchald, K. (2007). World Register of Polychaeta. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] original description (of Pectinophelia Hartman, 1938) Hartman, O. 1938. Descriptions of new species and new generic records of polychaetous annelids from California of the families Glyceridae, Eunicidae, Stauronereidae, and Opheliidae. University of California Publications in Zoology, 43(6): 93-111. page(s): 107 [details] source of synonymy (of Pectinophelia Hartman, 1938) Hartman, Olga. (1956). Polychaetous annelids erected by Treadwell, 1891 to 1948, together with a brief chronology. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 109(2): 239-310., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1145 [details] [show all]
Direct child taxa (17) [show all] [sort alpha..]		Species Thoracophelia arctica (Grube, 1866) Species Thoracophelia bibrancha (Hutchings & Murray, 1984) Species Thoracophelia dillonensis (Hartman, 1938) Species Thoracophelia ezoensis Okuda, 1936 Species Thoracophelia flabellifera Ziegelmeier, 1955 Species Thoracophelia furcifera Ehlers, 1897 Species Thoracophelia heterocirra (Rozbaczylo & Zamorano, 1970) Species Thoracophelia japonica (Misaka & Sato, 2003) Species Thoracophelia longiseta (Hutchings & Murray, 1984) Species Thoracophelia mammillata (Santos, Nonato & Petersen, 2004) Species Thoracophelia mucronata (Treadwell, 1914) Species Thoracophelia otagoensis (Probert, 1976) Species Thoracophelia papillata (Santos, Nonato & Petersen, 2004) Species Thoracophelia profunda (Hartman, 1967) Species Thoracophelia williamsi (Hartman, 1938) Species Thoracophelia yasudai Okuda, 1934 Species Thoracophelia zeidleri (hartmann-Schröder & Parker, 1995)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Links		To GenBank   To ITIS
Attributes		Functional group benthos » Stage adult (inherited from Polychaeta) [details] Functional group plankton > zooplankton » Stage larva (inherited from Polychaeta) [details] Body size 51 » Unit mm » Type minimum » Dimension length (inherited from Opheliidae Malmgren, 1867) [details] Body size 51 » Unit mm » Type minimum » Dimension length (inherited from Opheliidae Malmgren, 1867) [details] Body size 80 » Unit mm » Type maximum » Dimension length (inherited from Opheliidae Malmgren, 1867) [details] Body size 80 » Unit mm » Type maximum » Dimension length (inherited from Opheliidae Malmgren, 1867) [details] [show lower level...]        Loading...
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326053
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2008-03-14 12:50:56Z   created   Fauchald, Kristian 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian 2011-02-02 20:14:06Z   changed   Read, Geoffrey
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		Citation: Read, G. (2011). Thoracophelia Ehlers, 1897. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2017). World Polychaeta database. Accessed at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326053 on 2017-05-27