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

Oxydromus obscurus (Verrill, 1873)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Oxydromus*	Grube, 1855	accepted genus name
*Ophiodromus*	Sars, 1862	generic synonym
*Orseis*	Ehlers, 1864	generic synonym
*Podarke*	Ehlers, 1864	generic synonym
*Anoplonereis herrmanni*	Giard, 1882	taxonomically included in
*Ophiodromus longocirratus*	Tenerelli, 1973	taxonomically included in
*Orseis pulla*	Ehlers, 1864	taxonomically included in
*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

Species group names

*Podarke obscura*	Verrill, 1873	synonym

Literature

new combination reference	Villalobos-Guerrero, Tulio; Harris, Leslie. 2012. Oxydromus Grube, 1855 reinstated over Ophiodromus Sars, 1862 (Polychaeta, Hesionidae). ZooKeys 241(0): 21-31

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Oxydromus obscurus (Verrill, 1873). 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:710702