WoRMS taxon details
Opheliidae Malmgren, 1867
- Subfamily Opheliinae Malmgren, 1867
- Genus Ophelia Savigny, 1822
- Genus Thoracophelia Ehlers, 1897
- Genus Cassandane Kinberg, 1866 accepted as Ophelia Savigny, 1822 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Euzonus Grube, 1866 accepted as Thoracophelia Ehlers, 1897 (replaced junior homonym)
- Genus Lobochesis Hutchings & Murray, 1984 accepted as Thoracophelia Ehlers, 1897 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Neomeris Costa, 1844 accepted as Ophelia Savigny, 1822 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Nitetis Kinberg, 1866 accepted as Ophelia Savigny, 1822 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Pectinophelia Hartman, 1938 accepted as Thoracophelia Ehlers, 1897 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Pseudophelia Katzmann, 1973 accepted as Ophelia Savigny, 1822 (subjective synonym)
- Subfamily Ophelininae Hartmann-Schröder, 1971
- Genus Ammotrypanella McIntosh, 1878
- Genus Antiobactrum Chamberlin, 1919
- Genus Armandia Filippi, 1861
- Genus Ophelina Örsted, 1843
- Genus Polyophthalmus Quatrefages, 1850
- Genus Tachytrypane McIntosh in Jeffreys, 1876
- Genus Aloysina Claparède, 1864 accepted as Polyophthalmus Quatrefages, 1850 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Ammotrypane Rathke, 1843 accepted as Ophelina Örsted, 1843 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Armandiella McIntosh, 1915 accepted as Polyophthalmus Quatrefages, 1850 (subjective synonym, unreplaced junior homonym)
- Genus Ladice Kinberg, 1866 accepted as Ophelina Örsted, 1843 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Omaria Grube, 1869 accepted as Ophelina Örsted, 1843 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Terpsichore Kinberg, 1866 accepted as Ophelina Örsted, 1843 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Urosiphon Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Ophelina Örsted, 1843 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Pygophelia M. Sars, 1869 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Genus Nais [auctt. not Nais Müller, 1774] (uncertain > nomen dubium, misapplication of Nais Müller, 1774 for Polychaeta)
- Genus Proscalibregma Hartman, 1967 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, an Opheliidae, probably a Tachytrypane McIntosh, 1885 [see Blake, 1981: 1157])
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 73 [details]
page(s): 73 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Opheliidae Malmgren, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=924 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 73 [details]
page(s): 73 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Bellan, Gerard; Bellan-Santini, Denise; Dauvin, Jean-Claude. (1990). Phénétique et phylogénie des Opheliidae (Annélides Polychètes). <em>Comptes-Rendus hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris.</em> 310 (5): 175-181. plate 1., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6296917d/f189.item [details] Available for editors 
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taxonomy source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1971).[use for POLYCHAETA] Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta 1-594. IN: Dahl, Maria and Peus, Fritz (Ed.). Vol. 58. Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Maermalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise. Gustav Fischer Verlag. Jena. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 383; note: creates three subfamilies [details]
taxonomy source Grube, Adolf Eduard. (1850). Die Familien der Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 16(1): 249-364., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6958350
page(s): 319; note: Recognised the family as "Opheliacea" [details]
taxonomy source Magalhães, Wagner F.; Rizzo, Alexandra E.; Bailey-Brock, Julie H. (2019). Opheliidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the western Pacific islands, including five new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4555(2): 209-235., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4555.2.3 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]taxonomy source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1971).[use for POLYCHAETA] Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta 1-594. IN: Dahl, Maria and Peus, Fritz (Ed.). Vol. 58. Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Maermalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise. Gustav Fischer Verlag. Jena. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 383; note: creates three subfamilies [details]
taxonomy source Grube, Adolf Eduard. (1850). Die Familien der Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 16(1): 249-364., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6958350
page(s): 319; note: Recognised the family as "Opheliacea" [details]
taxonomy source Magalhães, Wagner F.; Rizzo, Alexandra E.; Bailey-Brock, Julie H. (2019). Opheliidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the western Pacific islands, including five new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4555(2): 209-235., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4555.2.3 [details] Available for editors
[request]Identification resource
identification resource
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 [details] Available for editors [request]
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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]
biology source Parapar, Julio; Martínez, Alejandro; Moreira, Juan. (2021). On the Systematics and Biodiversity of the Opheliidae and Scalibregmatidae. <em>Diversity.</em> 13(2): 1-34., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/13/2/87 [details]
biology source Blake, James A.; Maciolek, Nancy J. (2020). 7.6.1 Opheliidae Malmgren, 1867. <em>[Book chapter].</em> In Handbook of Zoology. Annelida: Pleistoannelida, Sedentaria II; Purschke, Günter; Boggemann, Markus; Westheide, Wilfried Eds; De Gruyter: Berlin, Germany, 2020. [details]
biology source Parapar, Julio; Martínez, Alejandro; Moreira, Juan. (2021). On the Systematics and Biodiversity of the Opheliidae and Scalibregmatidae. <em>Diversity.</em> 13(2): 1-34., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/13/2/87 [details]
biology source Blake, James A.; Maciolek, Nancy J. (2020). 7.6.1 Opheliidae Malmgren, 1867. <em>[Book chapter].</em> In Handbook of Zoology. Annelida: Pleistoannelida, Sedentaria II; Purschke, Günter; Boggemann, Markus; Westheide, Wilfried Eds; De Gruyter: Berlin, Germany, 2020. [details]
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Authority Grube (1850: 318) had earlier recognised the family as "Opheliacea", part of tribus Limivora, and for genus Ophelia (not Ophelina), but Malmgren (1867:73) first used the required 'idae' formulation as Opheliidae. [details]Classification See Travisiidae for Travisia species, and comments on their transfer out of a former position in Opheliidae to Scalibregmatidae (as subfamily Travisiinae) and then to the independent sister family, Travisiidae, to Scalibregmatidae.
Originally Hartmann-Schröder (1971: 383) had divided the Opheliidae into three subfamilies, namely the nominal subfamily Opheliinae, based on Ophelia, the subfamily Travisiinae Hartmann-Schröder for Travisia (now a distinct family), and the subfamily Ophelininae Hartmann-Schröder for Ophelina. This has resulted in a confusing spelling similarity of subfamilies Opheliinae and Ophelininae [details]
