Genus Thoracophelia Ehlers, 1897

Museums

Regional Maps

• Thoracophelia Ehlers, E. 1897. Polychetaen. Hamburg : Hamburger Magalhaenischen Sammelreise 148 pp.

  Type species:

   Thoracophelia furcifera Ehlers, 1897 by monotypy.
• Euzonus Grube, A.-E. 1866. Eine neue Annelida, zunaechst einer nordischen, in der Naehe der Ophelien und Scalibregmen zu stellenden Annelide, Euzonus arcticus. Jahresbericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Kultur, Breslau 43: 64-65 [64] [junior homonym].

  Type species:

   Euzonus arcticus Grube, 1866 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Blake, J.A. 2011. Revalidation of the genus Thoracophelia Ehlers, 1897, replacing Euzonus Grube, 1866 (Polychaeta: Opheliidae), junior homonym of Euzonus Menge, 1854 (Arthropoda: Diplopoda), together with a literature summary and updated listing of Thoracophelia species. Zootaxa 2807: 65-68

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Lower E coast, NE coast, S Gulfs coast

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Oct-2023	OPHELIIDAE	22-Jan-2018	MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023		21-Dec-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)