Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Nereidiformia > Family Microphthalmidae

Microphthalmus Mecznikow, 1865

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Microphthalmus aberrans (Webster & Benedict, 1887)
Microphthalmus bifurcatus Hartmann-Schröder, 1974
Microphthalmus ephippiophorus Clausen, 1986
Microphthalmus fragilis Bobretzky, 1870
Microphthalmus listensis Westheide, 1967
Microphthalmus pseudoaberrans Campoy & Vieitez, 1982
Microphthalmus sczelkowii Mecznikow, 1865
Microphthalmus similis Bobretzky, 1870
Microphthalmus southerni Westheide, 1967
Microphthalmus tyrrhenicus Zunareli Vandini, 1967

Literature

original description	Mecznikow, Elias [actual spelling]; Metschnikow, [alternate spelling]; Metschnikoff, [alternate spelling]. (1865). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Chaetopoden. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 15(3): 328-341, plates 24-25.
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	Georgieva, Magdalena N.; Wiklund, Helena; Ramos, Dino A.; Neal, Lenka; Glasby, Christopher J.; Gunton, Laetitia M. (2023). The annelid community of a natural deep-sea whale fall off eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum. 75(3): 167-213.
additional source	Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188.
additional source	Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. [Book chapter]. Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
identification resource	Westheide, Wilfried. (2013). Microphthalmus mahensis sp.n. (Annelida, Phyllodocida) together with an annotated key of the genus. Helgoland Marine Research. 67(3): 413-422.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Microphthalmus Mecznikow, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129313