Polyophthalmus
creator: Bellan, Gérard
creator: Fauchald, Kristian
creator: Read, Geoffrey
date: 2026-08-02
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Polyophthalmus Quatrefages, 1850
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Polyophthalmus Quatrefages, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129415 on 2026-08-02
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2021-03-15T08:31:02Z
replaces: 1547239
replaces: 1547237
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Polyophthalmus Quatrefages, 1850
class: Polychaeta
family: Opheliidae
genus: Polyophthalmus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Quatrefages, Armand de. (1850). Études sur les types inferieurs de l'embranchement des annelés. Mémoire sur la famille des Polyophthalmiens (Polyophthalmea Nob.). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris. Série 3, 13: 5-24, plate 2 figs. 1-15.
name published in: McIntosh, William Carmichel. (1915). Polychaeta, Opheliidae to Ammocharidae. A Monograph of the British Marine Annelids. The Ray Society, London, 3 (1): i-viii, 1-368 (text).
name published in: Claparède, Édouard. (1864). Glanures zootomiques parmi les annélides de Port-Vendres (Pyrénées Orientales). Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève. 17(2): 463-600, plates I-VIII.
name published in year: 1850
name published in year: 1915
name published in year: 1864
parent name usage ID: 319812
phylum: Annelida
scientific name authorship: Quatrefages, 1850
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted