WoRMS name details
Ophiodromus Sars, 1862
129315 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129315)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
Ophiodromus vittatus Sars, 1862 accepted as Oxydromus vittatus (Sars, 1862) (type by monotypy)
- Species Ophiodromus angolaensis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1985)
- Species Ophiodromus comatus (Ehlers, 1913)
- Species Ophiodromus tigrinus Rullier, 1972
- Species Ophiodromus adorsosetosa Hartmann-Schröder, 1985 accepted as Oxydromus adorsosetosus (Hartmann-Schröder, 1985) (superseded original combination)
- Species Ophiodromus adspersus Grube, 1874 accepted as Oxydromus adspersus (Grube, 1874) (superseded original combination)
- Species Ophiodromus agilis (Ehlers, 1864) accepted as Oxydromus agilis (Ehlers, 1864) (superseded combination)
- Species Ophiodromus angustifrons (Grube, 1878) accepted as Oxydromus angustifrons (Grube, 1878) (superseded combination)
- Species Ophiodromus aucklandicus (Willey, 1902) accepted as Oxydromus aucklandicus Willey, 1902 (superseded combination, possibly indeterminable)
- Species Ophiodromus berrisfordi Day, 1967 accepted as Oxydromus berrisfordi (Day, 1967) (superseded original combination)
- Species Ophiodromus brevipodius Uchida, 2004 accepted as Oxydromus brevipodius Uchida in Uchida, Lopéz & Sato, 2019 (superseded unvailable name)
- Species Ophiodromus bunbuku Uchida, 2004 accepted as Oxydromus bunbuku Uchida in Uchida, Lopéz & Sato, 2019 (unaccepted > unavailable name, unavailable (art.16))
- Species Ophiodromus comata (Ehlers, 1913) accepted as Gyptis comata (Ehlers, 1913) (Comb. nov.)
- Species Ophiodromus constrictus Uchida, 2004 accepted as Oxydromus constrictus Uchida in Uchida, Lopéz & Sato, 2019 (unaccepted > unavailable name, unavailable (art.16))
- Species Ophiodromus didymocerus (Schmarda, 1861) accepted as Oxydromus didymocerus (Schmarda, 1861) (superseded combination)
- Species Ophiodromus fauveli Uchida, 2004 accepted as Oxydromus fauveli Uchida in Uchida, Lopéz & Sato, 2019 (unaccepted > unavailable name, unavailable (art.16))
- Species Ophiodromus flexuosus (Delle Chiaje, 1827) accepted as Oxydromus flexuosus (Delle Chiaje, 1827) (superseded combination)
- Species Ophiodromus furcatus (Hartmann-Schröder, 1962) accepted as Oxydromus furcatus (Hartmann-Schröder, 1962) (superseded combination)
- Species Ophiodromus guanicus (Hoagland, 1919) accepted as Oxydromus guanicus (Hoagland, 1919) (superseded combination)
- Species Ophiodromus latifrons (Grube, 1878) accepted as Oxydromus latifrons (Grube, 1878) (superseded combination)
- Species Ophiodromus limicola (Willey, 1905) accepted as Oxydromus limicolus (Willey, 1905) (superseded combination)
- Species Ophiodromus longicirratus (Knox & Cameron, 1971) accepted as Oxydromus longicirratus (Knox & Cameron, 1971) (superseded combination)
- Species Ophiodromus longifundus Uchida, 2004 accepted as Oxydromus longifundus (Uchida, 2004) (superseded original combination)
- Species Ophiodromus microantennatus (Hutchings & Murray, 1984) accepted as Oxydromus microantennatus (Hutchings & Murray, 1984) (superseded combination)
- Species Ophiodromus minutus (Hartmann-Schröder, 1959) accepted as Oxydromus minutus (Hartmann-Schröder, 1959) (superseded combination)
- Species Ophiodromus mutilatus (Treadwell, 1901) accepted as Oxydromus mutilatus (Treadwell, 1901) (superseded combination)
- Species Ophiodromus notospinosus Rosito, 1983 accepted as Oxydromus notospinosus (Rosito, 1983) (superseded combination)
- Species Ophiodromus obscurus (Verrill, 1873) accepted as Oxydromus obscurus (Verrill, 1873) (superseded combination)
- Species Ophiodromus okudai Uchida, 2004 accepted as Oxydromus okudai Uchida in Uchida, Lopéz & Sato, 2019 (unaccepted > unavailable name, unavailable (art.16))
- Species Ophiodromus pallidus (Claparède, 1864) accepted as Oxydromus pallidus Claparède, 1864 (superseded combination)
- Species Ophiodromus parapallidus Uchida, 2004 accepted as Oxydromus parapallidus Uchida in Uchida, Lopéz & Sato, 2019 (unaccepted > unavailable name, unavailable (art.16))
- Species Ophiodromus pelagica Rioja, 1923 accepted as Oxydromus pelagicus (Rioja, 1923) (superseded original combination (original spellling))
- Species Ophiodromus pelagicus Rioja, 1923 accepted as Oxydromus pelagicus (Rioja, 1923) (superseded original combination)
- Species Ophiodromus pugettensis (Johnson, 1901) accepted as Oxydromus pugettensis (Johnson, 1901) (superseded combination)
- Species Ophiodromus roseus Malm, 1874 accepted as Neogyptis rosea (Malm, 1874) (superseded original combination)
- Species Ophiodromus spinosus (Ehlers, 1908) accepted as Oxydromus spinosus (Ehlers, 1908) (superseded subsequent recombination)
- Species Ophiodromus viridescens (Ehlers, 1864) accepted as Oxydromus viridescens (Ehlers, 1864) (superseded combination)
- Species Ophiodromus vittatus Sars, 1862 accepted as Oxydromus vittatus (Sars, 1862) (superseded original combination)
- Species Ophiodromus longocirratus Tenerelli, 1973 (uncertain > nomen dubium, indeterminable juvenile)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Sars, M. (1862). Uddrag af en af detaillerede Afbildninger ledsaget udf rlig Beskrivelse over f lgende norske Annelider. Forhandlinger fra Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania, 1861: 87-95., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60512056
page(s): 87 [details]
page(s): 87 [details]
Note Ophiodromus vittatus Sars, 1862 is the type...
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Type species Ophiodromus vittatus Sars, 1862 is the type species of Ophiodromus by monotypy. However, the Hartman catalogue (1959:189) and the Fauchald guide to genera (pink book, 1977: 76) incorrectly list Nereis flexuosa Delle Chiaje, 1827, accepted as Oxydromus flexuosus (Delle Chiaje, 1827), as type species of Oxydromus. This was because Oxydromus flexuosus is possibly a senior synonym of the type species O. vittatus (fide von Marenzeller 1874, McIntosh 1908, Pleijel 1998, Fauchald 2011). It was Hartman's practice in her catalogue to list the then senior synonym of the actual type species as type species. However, this is incorrect as type species never change because of a subjective synonymy. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Ophiodromus Sars, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129315 on 2025-06-30
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Sars, M. (1862). Uddrag af en af detaillerede Afbildninger ledsaget udf rlig Beskrivelse over f lgende norske Annelider. Forhandlinger fra Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania, 1861: 87-95., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60512056
page(s): 87 [details]
page(s): 87 [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Uchida, Hiro'omi. (2004). Hesionidae (Annelida, Polichaeta [sic]) from Japan. I. <em>Kuroshio Biosphere.</em> 1: 27-92, Plate 1., available online at http://www.kuroshio.or.jp/Kuroshioweb_English/tiles%20of%20papers%20in%20Kuroshio%20Biosphere.htm
page(s): 65 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 65 [details] Available for editors
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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]
additional source 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)
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additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Pleijel, Fredrik. (1998). Phylogeny and classification of Hesionidae (Polychaeta). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 27(2): 89-163, 38 figures, 7 tables., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00433.x [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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)
note: checklist [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Pleijel, Fredrik. (1998). Phylogeny and classification of Hesionidae (Polychaeta). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 27(2): 89-163, 38 figures, 7 tables., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00433.x [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Publication date Both Sherborn (Nom. Zool.) and Hartman catalogue point to Sars, 1861 (in Nyt Mag. Naturv., 11 (3), 254.) as source. This unchecked. However, verified that Sars, 1862 presents it as newly described. [details]Synonymy Pleijel (1993: 161) pointed out that genus names Oxydromus and Ophiodromus are subjective synonyms, with Oxydromus senior, but at the time the name Oxydromus was incorrectly thought to be preoccupied in the class Aves by Oxydromus Schlegel, 1854 (actually always just an invalid misspelling of Ocydromus), and thus Ophiodromus must be used. As Ophiodromus was thought to be the valid name at the time, Pleijel (1998: 126) newly named the subfamily Ophiodrominae, having type genus Ophiodromus. However, Viéitez et al. (2004) pointed out that Oxydromus is an available genus name and must be considered as the valid name. This does not affect Ophiodrominae as the subfamily name, contrary to the opinion of Costa & Christoffersen (2017) [details]
Type species Ophiodromus vittatus Sars, 1862 is the type species of Ophiodromus by monotypy. However, the Hartman catalogue (1959:189) and the Fauchald guide to genera (pink book, 1977: 76) incorrectly list Nereis flexuosa Delle Chiaje, 1827, accepted as Oxydromus flexuosus (Delle Chiaje, 1827), as type species of Oxydromus. This was because Oxydromus flexuosus is possibly a senior synonym of the type species O. vittatus (fide von Marenzeller 1874, McIntosh 1908, Pleijel 1998, Fauchald 2011). It was Hartman's practice in her catalogue to list the then senior synonym of the actual type species as type species. However, this is incorrect as type species never change because of a subjective synonymy. [details]
