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Ophelia cluthensis was described in 1935 by McGuire1, who obtained her specimens from Millport in the Clyde, and more fully in 1938 by Brown2. It occurs in a narrow zone of sandy beaches just below high-water mark neaps, frequently to the extent of several hundred to the square metre. Besides being recorded from the Firths of Clyde and Forth, Wohlen-berg3 records its presence at Sylt, Germany. Specimens obtained by Fauvel4 at Saint-Vaast, France, were described by him as young O. limacina but are considered by Brown to be probably O. cluthensis.
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McGuire, Scot. Naturalist, 45 (1935).
Brown, Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin., 58 (2), 135 (1938).
Wohlenberg, Helgol. Wise. Meeresuntersuch., 1 (1), 1–92 (1937).
Fauvel, Bull. Soc. Zool. Fran., 1, 77–88 (1925).
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REES, C. Distribution of the Polychæte Ophelia cluthensis McGuire. Nature 142, 576–577 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142576b0
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