Opheliidae
Family of annelids
Opheliidae | |
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Euzonus flabelligerus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Clade: | Sedentaria |
Infraclass: | Scolecida |
Family: | Opheliidae Malmgren, 1867 [1] |
Opheliidae is a family of small, annelid worms. Some of the genera, like Armandia, Ophelina and Polyophthalmus, have lost their circular muscles.[2] The family consist of the following genera:
- Ammotrypanella
- Antiobactrum
- Armandia
- Dindymenides
- Euzonus
- Kesun
- Lobochesis
- Ophelia
- Ophelina
- Polyophthalmus
- Pygophelia
- Tachytrypane
- Thoracophelia
- Travisia
References
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- ^ "Opheliidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Annelida, by Greg Rouse, Fredrik Pleijel, Ekin Tilic
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