Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Ophelina acuminata Ørsted, 1843

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Species Ophelina acuminata Ørsted, 1843

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Widespread in Northern Hemisphere, also Indo-Pacific.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

  • South Africa

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: NW coast

Palaearctic Region

  • Denmark

Ecological Descriptors

Abyssal, continental rise, continental shelf, continental slope, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Down to 5000 m depth.

 

Citations

Ophelina acuminata.
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1971. Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise 58: 1–594 [391, fig. 138].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1979. Teil 2. Die Polychaeten der tropischen Nordwestküste Australiens (zwischen Derby im Norden und Port Hedland im Süden). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 75–218 pp. [140–141].

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
17-Oct-2023 21-Dec-2010 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)