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

Thoracophelia Ehlers, 1897

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Euzonus*	Grube, 1866	later homonym
*Euzonus*	Grube, 1866	synonym

Children

Thoracophelia flabellifera Ziegelmeier, 1955

Literature

original description	Ehlers, E. 1897. Polychaeten. Hamburger Magalhaensische Sammelreise, 1897: 1-148.
basis of record	Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta
additional source	Law, Chris; Dorgan, Kelly M.; Rouse, Greg W. 2013. Validation of three sympatric Thoracophelia species (Annelida: Opheliidae) from Dillon Beach, California using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data. Zootaxa 3608(1): 67-74
status source	Blake, James A. 2011. Revalidation of the genus Thoracophelia Ehlers, 1897, replacing Euzonus Grube, 1866 (Polychaeta: Opheliidae), junior homonym of Euzonus Menge, 1854 (Arthropoda: Diplopoda), together with a literature summary and updated listing of Thoracophelia species [Correspondence]. Zootaxa 2807: 65–68.

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Citation

Read, G. (2014). Thoracophelia Ehlers, 1897. 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:326053