The body of Thoracophelia spp. is divided into three distinct body regions: 1) an anterior cephalic region consisting of the prostomium and first two setigers; (2) a swollen thoracic region; and (3) a long narrow posterior region characterized by a ventral groove and branchiae. A transverse groove/lateral notopodial ridge separates the thoracic and posterior region (Santos et al., 2004).
- 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, 65-69.
- Santos, C. S. G., Nonato, E. F. & Petersen, M. E. (2004) Two new species of Opheliidae
- (Annelida: Polychaeta): Euzonus papillatus sp. n. from a northeastern Brazilian sandy
- beach and Euzonus mammillatus sp. n. from the continental shelf of south- eastern Brazil.
- Zootaxa, 478, 1-12.
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