Ophelina ganae

Ophelina ganae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scolecida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Annelida Classis: Polychaeta Subclassis: Scolecida

Familia: Opheliidae
Genus: Ophelina
Species: Ophelina ganae

Name

Ophelina ganae Wiklund et al., 2019

Type locality: Pacific Ocean, CCZ, 12°06.93N, 117°09.87W, depth 4100 m, in mud between polymetallic nodules.

Holotype: BMNH 2019.7146 [1]

Paratypes: BMNH 2019.7147 [2]; BMNH 2019.7143 [3]

ZooBank: 4B05DE1F-CD07-40CF-A87D-9BC1B45F5477

References

Primary references

• Wiklund, H., Neal, L., Glover, A.G., Drennan, R., Rabone, M. & Dahlgren, T.G. 2019. Abyssal fauna of polymetallic nodule exploration areas, eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone, central Pacific Ocean: Annelida: Capitellidae, Opheliidae, Scalibregmatidae, and Travisiidae. ZooKeys, 883: 1–82. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.883.36193 Reference page.  [original description of Ophelina ganae]

Links

• Ophelina ganae in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Ophelina ganae – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ophelina ganae.
• ION
• Species-ID

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