Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Polychaeta incertae sedis > Family Dinophilidae

Dinophilus Schmidt, 1848

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Dinophilus gigas Weldon, 1886
Dinophilus taeniatus Harmer, 1889
Dinophilus vorticoides Schmidt, 1848

Literature

original description	Schmidt, Eduard Oscar. (1848). Neue Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Würmer gesammelt auf einer Reise nach den Färör im Frühjahr 1848 [New contributions to the natural history of worms collected on a journey to the Faerör in the spring of 1848]. [Booklet]. 44 pp., plates I-III, Druck und Verlag von Friedrich Maue, Jena.
additional source	Dauvin, J.-C.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gentil, F. (2003). Liste actualisée des espèces d'Annélides Polychètes présentes en Manche [An up to date list of polychaetous annelids from the English Channel]. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 44(1): 67-95.
additional source	Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231.
additional source	Schultze, Max. (1849). Uber die Microstomeen, eine Familie der Turbellarien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 15 (1): 280-292, Tab 6.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Dinophilus Schmidt, 1848. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129260