Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Scolecida > Family Opheliidae > Subfamily Opheliinae

Thoracophelia Ehlers, 1897

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Euzonus Grube, 1866 junior homonym

Children

Thoracophelia flabellifera Ziegelmeier, 1955

Literature

original description

Ehlers, Ernst. (1897). Polychaeten. Ergebnisse der Hamburger Magalhaensischen Sammelreise 1892/93. 3: 1-148, 9 plates.

additional source

Law, Chris; Dorgan, Kelly M.; Rouse, Greg W. 2013. Validation of three sympatric Thoracophelia species (Annelida: Opheliidae) from Dillon Beach, California using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data. Zootaxa 3608(1): 67-74

status source

Blake, James A. (2011). Revalidation of the genus Thoracophelia Ehlers, 1897, replacing Euzonus Grube, 1866 (Polychaeta: Opheliidae), junior homonym of Euzonus Menge, 1854 (Arthropoda: Diplopoda), together with a literature summary and updated listing of Thoracophelia species. Zootaxa, 2807: 65-68

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Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Thoracophelia Ehlers, 1897. 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:326053

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2021-02-21 by Geoffrey Read

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