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

Ophryotrocha puerilis Claparède & Mecznikow, 1869

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

*Ophryotrocha puerilis puerilis*	Claparède & Mecznikov, 1869	synonym; nom. superfl.

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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Fauvel, P. (1923). Polychètes errantes. Faune de France. Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris. 5: 1-488.
additional source	Prevedelli, D.; Massamba N'Siala, G.; Simonini, R. (2005). The seasonal dynamics of six species of Dorvilleidae (Polychaeta) in the harbour of La Spezia (Italy). Marine Ecology. 26(3-4): 286-293.
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.
additional source	Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. [Book chapter]. Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
redescription	Paxton, Hannelore ; Åkesson, Bertil. 2007. Redescription of Ophryotrocha puerilis and O. labronica (Annelida, Dorvilleidae). Marine Biology Research 3(1): 3-19.
biology source	Bacci, G. and Bortesi, O. 1961. Pure males and females from hermaphroditic strains of Ophryotrocha puerilis. Experientia 17: 1-4.
biology source	Taboada, Sergi; Leiva, Carlos; Bas, Maria; Schult, Nancy; McHugh, Damhnait. (2017). Cryptic species and colonization processes in Ophryotrocha (Annelida, Dorvilleidae) inhabiting vertebrate remains in the shallow-water Mediterranean. Zoologica Scripta. 46(5): 611-624.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Ophryotrocha puerilis 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:130031