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

Ophryotrocha littoralis (Levinsen, 1879)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ophryotrocha*	Claparède & Mecznikow, 1869	accepted genus name
*Palpiphitime*	Orensanz, 1990	heterotypic synonym
*Ophryotroca*	[auctt. misspelling]	orthographic variant
*Ophryotroca*	[auctt. misspelling]	synonym

Literature

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	Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta
additional source	Fauvel, P. 1923. Polychètes errantes. Faune de France Volume 5. 1-488. Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris.
source of synonymy	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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Ophryotrocha littoralis (Levinsen, 1879). 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:130015