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

Opheliidae Malmgren, 1867

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Nais
Opheliinae Malmgren, 1867
Ophelininae Hartmann-Schröder, 1971

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: sandbar worms sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Sandbankwürmer sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Japanese: オフェリアゴカイ科

Literature

original description	Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates.
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.
taxonomy source	Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1971).[use for POLYCHAETA] Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta 1-594. IN: Dahl, Maria and Peus, Fritz (Ed.). Vol. 58. Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Maermalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise. Gustav Fischer Verlag. Jena.
taxonomy source	Bellan, Gerard; Bellan-Santini, Denise; Dauvin, Jean-Claude. (1990). Phénétique et phylogénie des Opheliidae (Annélides Polychètes). Comptes-Rendus hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris. 310 (5): 175-181. plate 1.
taxonomy source	Grube, Adolf Eduard. (1850). Die Familien der Anneliden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin. 16(1): 249-364.
taxonomy source	Magalhães, Wagner F.; Rizzo, Alexandra E.; Bailey-Brock, Julie H. (2019). Opheliidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the western Pacific islands, including five new species. Zootaxa. 4555(2): 209-235.
identification resource	Maciolek, Nancy J.; Blake, James A. (2006). Opheliidae (Polychaeta) collected by the R/V Hero and the USNS Eltanin cruises from the Southern Ocean and South America. Scientia Marina. 70S3: 101-113.
biology source	Parapar, Julio; Martínez, Alejandro; Moreira, Juan. (2021). On the Systematics and Biodiversity of the Opheliidae and Scalibregmatidae. Diversity. 13(2): 1-34.
biology source	Blake, James A.; Maciolek, Nancy J. (2020). 7.6.1 Opheliidae Malmgren, 1867. [Book chapter]. In Handbook of Zoology. Annelida: Pleistoannelida, Sedentaria II; Purschke, Günter; Boggemann, Markus; Westheide, Wilfried Eds; De Gruyter: Berlin, Germany, 2020.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Opheliidae Malmgren, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=924