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Ophelia cluthensis McGuire, 1935

330168  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330168)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Sedentaria (Subclass)
  6. Scolecida (Infraclass)
  7. Opheliidae (Family)
  8. Opheliinae (Subfamily)
  9. Ophelia (Genus)
  10. Ophelia cluthensis (Species)
 unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
McGuire, I. P. 1935. Note on a new species of polychaete (Ophelia cluthensis). Scottish Naturalist, 212: 45-46. [details] 
Type locality contained in United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
, Note Atlantic Ocean, Scotland  
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Scotland [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Ophelia cluthensis McGuire, 1935. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330168 on 2025-03-09
Date
action
by
2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
created
Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2012-02-22 23:10:17Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey

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Nomenclature

original description McGuire, I. P. 1935. Note on a new species of polychaete (Ophelia cluthensis). Scottish Naturalist, 212: 45-46. [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Chassé, C.; Picard, J. (1968). Identification, variabilité et ëcologie d'<i>Ophelia rathkei</i> McIntosh, espèce nouvelle pour les côtes Françaises. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 9: 133-142.
page(s): 134 [details] 

status 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. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 385 [details] 

Other

additional source Tebble, Norman 1952. On three species of the genus Ophelia (Polychaeta) from British and adjacent waters. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 5: 553-571.
page(s): 567 [details] 

additional source Wolff, W. J. 1969. A new station of Ophelia rathkei McIntosh in northern France. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 10: 83-84. [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Scotland [details]