WoRMS taxon details
Ophelina farallonensis Blake, 2000
330180 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330180)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Blake, J.A. 2000. Family Opheliidae Malmgren, 1867. pages 145-168. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 7 - The Annelida Part 4. Polychaeta: Fabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara
page(s): 159-160, fig. 7.6 [details]
page(s): 159-160, fig. 7.6 [details]
Holotype LACM AHF Poly 1945, geounit Farallon Islands
, Note West of Farallon Islands, off San Francisco,...
Holotype LACM AHF Poly 1945, geounit Farallon Islands [details]
Depth range 1020-3060 m.
Distribution Pacific Ocean: off California.
Etymology Not specifically stated. The species is named farallonensis after its type locality, west of Farallon Islands (California).
Depth range 1020-3060 m. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: off California.
Distribution Pacific Ocean: off California. [details]
Etymology Not specifically stated. The species is named farallonensis after its type locality, west of Farallon Islands (California).
Etymology Not specifically stated. The species is named farallonensis after its type locality, west of Farallon Islands (California). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Ophelina farallonensis Blake, 2000. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330180 on 2025-04-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Blake, J.A. 2000. Family Opheliidae Malmgren, 1867. pages 145-168. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 7 - The Annelida Part 4. Polychaeta: Fabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara
page(s): 159-160, fig. 7.6 [details]
page(s): 159-160, fig. 7.6 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Sene Silva, Gustavo. (2007). Filogenia de Opheliidae (Annelida: Polychaeta). <em>[unpublished thesis].</em> 1-95. Ph.D. Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil., available online at http://dspace.c3sl.ufpr.br:8080/dspace/bitstream/handle/1884/12922/Tese%20de%20doutorado%20-%20Gustavo%20Sene%20Silva%20(2007).pdf?sequence=2
note: without explanation places O. farallonensis as a synonym of Ophelina abranchiata. [details]
note: without explanation places O. farallonensis as a synonym of Ophelina abranchiata. [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype LACM AHF Poly 1945, geounit Farallon Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 1020-3060 m. [details]Distribution Pacific Ocean: off California. [details]
Etymology Not specifically stated. The species is named farallonensis after its type locality, west of Farallon Islands (California). [details]
Habitat Deep-water species found in sediments having fine silts and clays. [details]
Reproduction Numerous specimens of the type series with oocytes in the coelom; holotype with irregularly shaped oocytes in coelom measuring up to 40 μm across widest dimension. [details]
Synonymy Without giving any details Sene Silva (2007:87 unpublished thesis) placed Ophelina farallonensis as a new synonym of Ophelina abranchiata Støp-Bowitz, 1948 from Greenland. The synonymy proposal is recorded here but not adopted. Sene Silva does not record examining specimens, and the large geographic separation of the two species type localities is a factor to be considered. Blake (2000: 160) had originally made the comparison to O abranchiata. The question must also be asked as to whether abranchiate 'Ophelina' species really belong in that genus. [details]
Type locality West of Farallon Islands, off San Francisco, California, USA, Pacific Ocean (37.459°, -123.2832°). [details]
Type material Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles (AHF Poly 1945, 1946). [details]
