WoRMS taxon details
Oxydromus obscurus (Verrill, 1873)
710702 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:710702)
accepted
Species
Ophiodromus obscurus (Verrill, 1873) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Podarke obscura Verrill, 1873 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine
(of Podarke obscura Verrill, 1873) Verrill, A. E. (1873). XVIII. Report upon the invertebrate animals of Vineyard Sound and the adjacent waters, with an account of the physical characters of the region. <em>Report on the condition of the sea fisheries of the south coast of New England [later becomes Reports of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries].</em> 1: 295-778 pls. 1-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15782934
page(s): 589-590, plate XII fig. 61 [details]
page(s): 589-590, plate XII fig. 61 [details]
Holotype (of Podarke obscura Verrill, 1873), geounit...
Holotype (of Podarke obscura Verrill, 1873), geounit Massachusetts [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Oxydromus obscurus (Verrill, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=710702 on 2026-02-20
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Nomenclature
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(of Podarke obscura Verrill, 1873) Verrill, A. E. (1873). XVIII. Report upon the invertebrate animals of Vineyard Sound and the adjacent waters, with an account of the physical characters of the region. <em>Report on the condition of the sea fisheries of the south coast of New England [later becomes Reports of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries].</em> 1: 295-778 pls. 1-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15782934
page(s): 589-590, plate XII fig. 61 [details]
new combination reference Villalobos-Guerrero, Tulio; Harris, Leslie. 2012. Oxydromus Grube, 1855 reinstated over Ophiodromus Sars, 1862 (Polychaeta, Hesionidae). ZooKeys 241(0): 21-31, available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.241.3820
page(s): 25 [details]
page(s): 589-590, plate XII fig. 61 [details]
new combination reference Villalobos-Guerrero, Tulio; Harris, Leslie. 2012. Oxydromus Grube, 1855 reinstated over Ophiodromus Sars, 1862 (Polychaeta, Hesionidae). ZooKeys 241(0): 21-31, available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.241.3820
page(s): 25 [details]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Wai, H.Y. (2009) Effects of Deployment of Artificial Reefs on the Marine Benthic Environment, with Special Reference to Sediment Physico-Chemical Chanracteristics. MPhil thesis. City University of Hong Kong. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Podarke obscura Verrill, 1873), geounit Massachusetts [details]
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Ophiodromus obscurus (Verrill, 1873))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (96 publications) (from synonym Podarke obscura Verrill, 1873)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oxydromus obscurus)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Podarke obscura Verrill, 1873)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (107 records) (from synonym Podarke obscura Verrill, 1873)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (50 records) (from synonym Ophiodromus obscurus (Verrill, 1873))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 090958)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Ophiodromus obscurus (Verrill, 1873))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (96 publications) (from synonym Podarke obscura Verrill, 1873)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oxydromus obscurus)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Podarke obscura Verrill, 1873)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (107 records) (from synonym Podarke obscura Verrill, 1873)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (50 records) (from synonym Ophiodromus obscurus (Verrill, 1873))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 090958)
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