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

Ophelia bicornis Savigny in Lamarck, 1818

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ophelia*	Savigny, 1822	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Ukrainian: Офелія бікорніс

Literature

original description	Lamarck, Jean Baptiste de. 1818. [USE FOR POLYCHAETA = Vol. 5. Annelides of ...] Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, préséntant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; precedes d'une Introduction offrant la determination des caracteres essentiels de l`Animal, sa distinction du vegetal et desautres corps naturels, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie] Paris, Deterville, 612 pp
basis of record	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: pp. 214-231
additional source	Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp.
additional source	Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta
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	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Ophelia bicornis Savigny in Lamarck, 1818. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2014) World Polychaeta database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130490