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

Ophryotrocha minuta Levi, 1954

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

original description	Averincev, V.G. 1989. [The seasonal dynamics of Polychaeta in high-arctic coastal ecosystems of Franz-Josef Land (Errantia). Akademiya Nauk SSSR, [1989]: 1-78.
original description	Lévi, C. 1954. Ophryotrocha minuta nov. sp. nouveau polychète mésopsammique. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France, 79(5-6): 466-469.
basis of record	Dauvin, J.-C.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gentil, F. (2003). Liste actualisée des espèces d’Annélides Polychètes présentes en Manche [An up to date list of polychaetous annelids from the English Channel]. Cah. Biol. Mar. 44(1): 67-95
additional source	Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta
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

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GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Ophryotrocha minuta Levi, 1954. 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:155480