Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Eunicida > Family Dorvilleidae

Ophryotrocha Claparède & Mecznikow, 1869

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Eteonopsis*	Esmark, 1874	generic synonym
*Mammiphitime*	Orensanz, 1990	generic synonym
*Palpiphitime*	Orensanz, 1990	generic synonym
*Paractius*	Levinsen, 1879	generic synonym
*Ophryotroca*	[auctt. misspelling]	orthographic variant

Children

Ophryotrocha baccii Parenti, 1961
Ophryotrocha cosmetandra Oug, 1990
Ophryotrocha dubia Hartmann-Schröder, 1974
Ophryotrocha gerlachi Hartmann-Schröder, 1974
Ophryotrocha geryonicola (Esmark, 1874)
Ophryotrocha gracilis Huth, 1933
Ophryotrocha hartmanni Huth, 1933
Ophryotrocha irinae Tsetlin, 1980
Ophryotrocha labronica La Greca & Bacci, 1962
Ophryotrocha littoralis (Levinsen, 1879)
Ophryotrocha lobifera Oug, 1978
Ophryotrocha longidentata Josefson, 1975
Ophryotrocha macrovifera Paxton & Åkesson, 2010
Ophryotrocha maculata Åkesson, 1973
Ophryotrocha mediterranea Martin, Abello & Cartes, 1991
Ophryotrocha puerilis Claparède & Mecznikow, 1869
Ophryotrocha robusta Paxton & Åkesson, 2010
Ophryotrocha scarlatoi Averincev, 1989
Ophryotrocha siberti (McIntosh, 1885)
Ophryotrocha socialis Ockelmann & Akesson, 1990

Literature

original description	Claparède, Édouard; Mecznikow, Elias. (1869). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Entwicklungsgeschichte der Chaetopoden. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 163-205, Plates 12-17 (6 plates).
additional source	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: 214-231.
additional source	Åkesson, B. and Paxton, H. 2005. Biogeography and incipient speciation in Ophryotrocha labronica (Polychaeta, Dorvilleidae). Marine Biology Research 1(2): 127-139.
additional source	Paxton, Hannelore ; Åkesson, Bertil. 2010. The Ophryotrocha labronica group (Annelida: Dorvilleidae) - with the description of seven new species. Zootaxa 2713: 1–24.
additional source	Åkesson, B. 1975. Reproduction in the genus Ophryotrocha (Polychaeta, Dorvilleidae). Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli Supplement: 377-398.
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	Heggøy, Kvalø; Schander, Christoffer; Åkesson, Bertil. (2007). The phylogeny of the annelid genus Ophryotrocha (Dorvilleidae). Marine Biology Research. 3(6): 412-420.
taxonomy source	Pettibone, Marian H. 1961. New species of polychaete worms from the Atlantic Ocean, with a revision of the Dorvilleidae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 74: 167-186.
taxonomy source	Hilbig, Brigitte; Blake, James A. (1991). Dorvilleidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the U.S. Atlantic slope and rise. Description of two new genera and 14 new species, with a generic revision of Ophryotrocha. Zoologica Scripta. 20(2): 147-183.
biology source	Bacci, G. and Bortesi, O. 1961. Pure males and females from hermaphroditic strains of Ophryotrocha puerilis. Experientia 17: 1-4.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Ophryotrocha Claparède & Mecznikow, 1869. 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:129266