CaRMS taxon details
Ophelia Savigny, 1822
129413 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129413)
accepted
Genus
- Species Ophelia bicornis Savigny, 1822
- Species Ophelia denticulata Verrill, 1875
- Species Ophelia limacina (Rathke, 1843)
- Species Ophelia rullieri Bellan, 1975
- Species Ophelia verrilli Riser, 1987
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Savigny, Jules-César. (1822). Système des annélides, principalement de celles des côtes de l'Égypte et de la Syrie, offrant les caractères tant distinctifs que naturels des Ordres, Familles et Genres, avec la Description des Espèces. <em>Description de l'Égypte ou Recueil des Observations et des Recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'Expédition de l'Armée Française, publié par les Ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand, Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 1(3):1–128., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41329897
page(s): 38 [details]
page(s): 38 [details]
Note Type species O. bicornis Savigny 1818 in...
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Type species Type species O. bicornis Savigny 1818 in Fauchald, 1977<246>. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Ophelia Savigny, 1822. Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/carms./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129413 on 2025-05-19
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Ophelia Savigny, 1822. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129413 on 2025-05-19
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Savigny, Jules-César. (1822). Système des annélides, principalement de celles des côtes de l'Égypte et de la Syrie, offrant les caractères tant distinctifs que naturels des Ordres, Familles et Genres, avec la Description des Espèces. <em>Description de l'Égypte ou Recueil des Observations et des Recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'Expédition de l'Armée Française, publié par les Ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand, Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 1(3):1–128., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41329897
page(s): 38 [details]
basis of record 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) [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Maciolek, Nancy J.; Blake, James A. (2006). Opheliidae (Polychaeta) collected by the R/V <i>Hero</i> and the USNS <i>Eltanin</i> cruises from the Southern Ocean and South America. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 70S3: 101-113., available online at http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/114
page(s): 103; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details] Available for editors
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
page(s): 38 [details]
basis of record 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) [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Maciolek, Nancy J.; Blake, James A. (2006). Opheliidae (Polychaeta) collected by the R/V <i>Hero</i> and the USNS <i>Eltanin</i> cruises from the Southern Ocean and South America. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 70S3: 101-113., available online at http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/114
page(s): 103; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details] Available for editors
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Emended by Maciolek & Blake (2006):"Body divided externally into two regions: an anterior cylindrical region and a posterior region with a deep ventral and two lateral grooves. Prostomium a small pointed cone, lacking appendages; pair of nuchal organs on posterior lateral border. Branchiae present or absent; branchiae, if present, cirriform with single or, rarely, double filaments, present from chaetigers 2 or 8–11, absent from a few posterior preanal segments. Chaetae all simple capillaries; parapodia low rounded lobes. Lateral sensory organs present between parapodial rami. Anal segment with papillae." [details]
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Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]Type species Type species O. bicornis Savigny 1818 in Fauchald, 1977<246>. [details]
