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Ophelia  Savigny, 1818
Taxonomic Serial No.: 67353

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown   
  Latest Record Review: 1997   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumAnnelida  – annelids, annélides, Anelídeo, minhoca, sanguessuga  
                ClassPolychaeta  – paddle-footed annelids, polychaetes, polychètes, corrupto, poliqueto  
                   SubclassSedentaria   
                      InfraclassScolecida   
                         FamilyOpheliidae Malmgren, 1867  
                            GenusOphelia Savigny, 1818  
    Direct Children:  
                               Species Ophelia assimilis   
                               Species Ophelia bicornis Savigny, 1818  
                               Species Ophelia borealis   
                               Species Ophelia celtica Amoureux and Dauvin, 1981  
                               Species Ophelia denticulata Verrill  
                               Species Ophelia limacina   
                               Species Ophelia magna   
                               Species Ophelia neglecta   
                               Species Ophelia profunda   
                               Species Ophelia pulchella   
                               Species Ophelia rathkei Mcintosh, 1908  
                               Species Ophelia roscoffensis   
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Kristian Fauchald  
  Notes: Research Zoologist, Curator of Worms, Department of Systematic Biology, Invertebrate Zoology Section, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA   
  Reference for: Ophelia    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ophelia   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Fauchald, K.  
  Publication Date: 1977   
  Article/Chapter Title: The polychaete worms: Definitions and keys to the orders, families, and genera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series 28   
  Page(s): 190   
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  Notes: Source of authority and some synonomy for genera   
  Reference for: Ophelia   
       

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