World Polychaeta Database - Thoracophelia furcifera Ehlers, 1897

Traits taxon details

Thoracophelia furcifera Ehlers, 1897

AphiaID

339493 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339493)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Thoracophelia Ehlers, 1897

Parent

Thoracophelia Ehlers, 1897

Original name

Thoracophelia furcifera Ehlers, 1897

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Ehlers, Ernst. (1897). Polychaeten. <em>Ergebnisse der Hamburger Magalhaensischen Sammelreise 1892/93.</em> 3: 1-148, 9 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46140179
page(s): 101-103, plate VII figs. 164-167 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Thoracophelia furcifera Ehlers, 1897. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339493 on 2025-05-13

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Thoracophelia furcifera Ehlers, 1897. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339493 on 2025-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-18 12:55:09Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2011-04-04 01:05:45Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

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Sources (4)
Attributes (7)

original description Ehlers, Ernst. (1897). Polychaeten. <em>Ergebnisse der Hamburger Magalhaensischen Sammelreise 1892/93.</em> 3: 1-148, 9 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46140179
page(s): 101-103, plate VII figs. 164-167 [details]

additional source 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] Available for editors

source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1966). Polychaeta Myzostomidae and Sedentaria of Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series. 7: vii 1-158., available online at https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1029/AR007 [details] Available for editors

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. Zootaxa, 2807: 65-68 [details]

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