Ophelina meyerae

Ophelina meyerae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scolecida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Annelida Classis: Polychaeta Subclassis: Scolecida

Familia: Opheliidae
Genus: Ophelina
Species: Ophelina meyerae

Name

Ophelina meyerae Wiklund et al., 2019

Type locality: Pacific Ocean, CCZ, 12°15.44N, 117°18.13W, depth 4302 m, in mud between polymetallic nodules.

Holotype: BMNH 2019.7130 [1]

ZooBank: 7F560FD4-73BF-4DEE-AD39-21FE5009FD90

References

Primary references

• Wiklund, H., Neal, L., Glover, A.G., Drennan, R., Rabone, M. & Dahlgren, T.G. 2019. Abyssal fauna of polymetallic nodule exploration areas, eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone, central Pacific Ocean: Annelida: Capitellidae, Opheliidae, Scalibregmatidae, and Travisiidae. ZooKeys, 883: 1–82. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.883.36193 Reference page.  [original description of Ophelina meyerae]

Links

• Ophelina meyerae in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Ophelina meyerae – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ophelina meyerae.
• ION
• Species-ID

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