North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Polyophthalmus Quatrefages, 1850

AphiaID

129415 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129415)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ophelininae Hartmann-Schröder, 1971

Original name

Polyophthalmus Quatrefages, 1850

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Species Polyophthalmus pictus (Dujardin, 1839)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Quatrefages, Armand de. (1850). Études sur les types inferieurs de l'embranchement des annelés. Mémoire sur la famille des Polyophthalmiens (Polyophthalmea Nob.). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris. Série 3, 13: 5-24, plate 2 figs. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13434531
page(s): 9; note: describes 3 new species and additionally includes Nais picta [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Polyophthalmus Quatrefages, 1850. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129415 on 2026-10-03

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Polyophthalmus Quatrefages, 1850. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=129415 on 2026-10-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Bellan, Gérard

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

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Fauchald, Kristian

2016-02-04 20:58:27Z

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Read, Geoffrey

2021-03-15 07:31:02Z

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Read, Geoffrey

2026-08-20 03:15:25Z

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Read, Geoffrey

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original description Quatrefages, Armand de. (1850). Études sur les types inferieurs de l'embranchement des annelés. Mémoire sur la famille des Polyophthalmiens (Polyophthalmea Nob.). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris. Série 3, 13: 5-24, plate 2 figs. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13434531
page(s): 9; note: describes 3 new species and additionally includes Nais picta [details]

taxonomy source Magalhães, Wagner F.; Seixas, Victor C.; Barroso, Romulo. (2026). A commented catalogue of Polyophthalmus Quatrefages, 1850 (Annelida, Opheliidae) including a new species from Brazil. Zootaxa. 5873(1): 32-48., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5873.1.2
note: Summarizes usages of all names relating to genus Polyophthalmus. The catalogue is not apparently intended to indicate the non-valid names. [details]

taxonomy source Parapar, Julio; Lavesque, Nicolas; Gouillieux, Benoit; Moreira, Juan. (2026). A new species of Polyophthalmus from NW Africa and re-establishment of P. papillatus Treadwell, 1943 (Annelida: Opheliidae) based upon type material. Zootaxa. 5802(1): 101-118., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5802.1.5 [details]

additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]

additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]

additional source Grube, Adolph-Eduard. (1878). Annulata Semperiana. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Annelidenfauna der Philippinen nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten Sammlungen. Mémoires l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.- Pétersbourg. (série 7) 25(8): 1-300., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45379218
page(s): 195-196 [details]

identification resource Parapar, Julio, Al-Kandari, Manal, Candás, María, Moreira, Juan. (2021). A new species of Polyophthalmus (Annelida, Opheliidae) from the Arabian Gulf, with an insight on internal anatomy and diversity of the genus. Zootaxa. 5052(4): 501-528., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5052.4.3
page(s): 522; note: Key to species of Polyophthalmus Quatrefages, 1850 of Indian and Pacific Oceans [details] Available for editors