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Ophryotrocha geryonicola (Esmark, 1874)

130022  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130022)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Eunicida (Order)
  7. Dorvilleidae (Family)
  8. Ophryotrocha (Genus)
  9. Ophryotrocha geryonicola (Species)
accepted
Species
Eteonopsis geronis [apparent misspelling of geryonicola] · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling,...)  
incorrect subsequent spelling, meeting report on Esmark presentation
Eteonopsis geryonicola Esmark, 1874 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Eteonopsis geryonicola Esmark, 1874) Esmark, L. (1874). [Meeting minutes 16 May 1873. Eteonopsis geryonicola]. <em>Forhandlinger fra Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> [volume of 1873-1874]: 497-498., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43854386
page(s): 497; note: barely qualifies as a description and text not written by Esmark [details] 
Type locality contained in Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution Magdalen Islands (from Eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel)  
Distribution Magdalen Islands (from Eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Ophryotrocha geryonicola (Esmark, 1874). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130022 on 2025-04-22
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Bellan, Gérard
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2019-06-11 22:31:27Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey

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Nomenclature

original description (of Eteonopsis geryonicola Esmark, 1874) Esmark, L. (1874). [Meeting minutes 16 May 1873. Eteonopsis geryonicola]. <em>Forhandlinger fra Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> [volume of 1873-1874]: 497-498., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43854386
page(s): 497; note: barely qualifies as a description and text not written by Esmark [details] 

Taxonomy

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., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34571297 [details] 

redescription Wesenberg-Lund, Elise. (1938). Ophryotrocha geryonicola (Bidenkap) (=Eteonopsis geryonicola Bidenkap) refound and redescribed. <em>Göteborgs Königlich vetenskaps- och vitterhetssamhälles handlingar.</em> (Series B) 6(8): 1-13. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. <em>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.</em> 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS)
note: Listing [details] 

biology source Pfannenstiel, H.-D.;Grothe, C; Kegel, B. (1982). Studies on Ophryotrocha geryonicola (Polychaeta: Dorvilleidae). <em>Helgoländer wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen.</em> 35: 119-125., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02289838 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Distribution Magdalen Islands (from Eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel) [details]

Habitat ectoparasite found on invertebrates. circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
    Definitions

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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Eteonopsis geryonicola Esmark, 1874)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophryotrocha geryonicola) 
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) 
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Eteonopsis geryonicola Esmark, 1874)
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