Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Scolecida > Family Opheliidae > Subfamily Opheliinae > Genus Ophelia

Ophelia rathkei McIntosh, 1908

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ophelia*	Savigny, 1822	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	McIntosh, W.C. 1908. Notes from the Gatty Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews. No. 29. 1. On a tumor in a plaice. 2. On the british Opheliidae, Scalibregmidae, and Telethusae. 3. On the same families in the 'Porcupine' Expeditions of 1869 and 1870. 4. On the foregoing families dredged by Dr. Whiteaves in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada. 5. On the same groups dredged in Norwegian waters and in Finmark by Canon Norman. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1: 373-387.
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	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta
additional source	Tebble, Norman 1952. On three species of the genus Ophelia (Polychaeta) from British and adjacent waters. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 5: 553-571.
additional source	de Kluijver, M.J.; Ingalsuo, S.S.; de Bruyne, R.H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Ophelia rathkei. 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:130496