Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Nereidiformia > Family Hesionidae > Subfamily Ophiodrominae > Tribe Ophiodromini

Oxydromus Grube, 1855

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ophiodromus*	Sars, 1862	generic synonym
*Orseis*	Ehlers, 1864	generic synonym
*Podarke*	Ehlers, 1864	generic synonym
*Anoplonereis herrmanni*	Giard, 1882	taxonomically included in; nom. dub.
*Ophiodromus longocirratus*	Tenerelli, 1973	taxonomically included in; nom. dub.
*Orseis pulla*	Ehlers, 1864	taxonomically included in; nom. dub.
*Oxydromus agilis*	(Ehlers, 1864)	taxonomically included in
*Oxydromus flexuosus*	(Delle Chiaje, 1827)	taxonomically included in
*Oxydromus obscurus*	(Verrill, 1873)	taxonomically included in
*Oxydromus pallidus*	Claparède, 1864	taxonomically included in
*Oxydromus pelagicus*	(Rioja, 1923)	taxonomically included in
*Anoplonereis*	Giard, 1882	synonym

Children

Anoplonereis herrmanni Giard, 1882
Ophiodromus longocirratus Tenerelli, 1973
Orseis pulla Ehlers, 1864
Oxydromus agilis (Ehlers, 1864)
Oxydromus flexuosus (Delle Chiaje, 1827)
Oxydromus obscurus (Verrill, 1873)
Oxydromus pallidus Claparède, 1864
Oxydromus pelagicus (Rioja, 1923)

Literature

original description	Grube, Adolph Eduard. (1855). Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin. 21(1): 81-136, plates III-V.
status source	Villalobos-Guerrero, Tulio; Harris, Leslie. 2012. Oxydromus Grube, 1855 reinstated over Ophiodromus Sars, 1862 (Polychaeta, Hesionidae). ZooKeys 241(0): 21-31
ecology source	Britayev, Temir A.; Antokhina, T.I. (2012). Symbiotic polychaetes from Nhatrang Bay, Vietnam. In: Britayev, T.A.; Pavlov, D.S. (eds). [book]. Benthic fauna of the Bay of Nhatrang, Southern Vietnam. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. 491 pp. Volume 2: 11-55.
identification resource	Rizzo, A. E.; Salazar-vallejo, S. I. (2014). Hesionidae Grube, 1850 (Annelida: Polychaeta) from South-Southeastern Brazil, with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa. 3856(2): 267-291.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Oxydromus Grube, 1855. 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:173457