NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: 1997

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Opheliidae
  Infraclass - Scolecida
  Subclass - Sedentaria
  Class - Polychaeta
  Phylum - Annelida
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Ophelia limacina
      Species - Ophelia borealis
      Species - Ophelia bicornis
      Species - Ophelia assimilis
      Species - Ophelia denticulata
      Species - Ophelia magna
      Species - Ophelia pulchella
      Species - Ophelia roscoffensis
      Species - Ophelia profunda
      Species - Ophelia neglecta
      Species - Ophelia celtica
      Species - Ophelia rathkei