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

Ophryotrocha geryonicola (Esmark, 1874)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ophryotrocha*	Claparède & Mecznikow, 1869	accepted genus name
*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

Species group names

*Eteonopsis geryonicola*	Esmark, 1874	synonym

Literature

additional source	Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. 2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2. 648 pp.
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.
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.
redescription	Wesenberg-Lund, Elise. (1938). Ophryotrocha geryonicola (Bidenkap) (=Eteonopsis geryonicola Bidenkap) refound and redescribed. Göteborgs Königlich vetenskaps- och vitterhetssamhälles handlingar. (Series B) 6(8): 1-13.
biology source	Pfannenstiel, H.-D.;Grothe, C; Kegel, B. (1982). Studies on Ophryotrocha geryonicola (Polychaeta: Dorvilleidae). Helgoländer wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen. 35: 119-125.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Ophryotrocha geryonicola (Esmark, 1874). 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:130022