WoRMS name details
Cyanophthalma cordiceps (Sars in Jensen, 1878) sensu Norenburg, 1986
122738 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122738)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Amphiporus cordiceps sensu Friedrich, 1933 · unaccepted
Kosmocephala cordiceps Jensen, 1878 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras
Taxonomy species fragment easily when handled
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras [details]
Taxonomy species fragment easily when handled
Taxonomy species fragment easily when handled [details]
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Cyanophthalma cordiceps (Sars in Jensen, 1878) sensu Norenburg, 1986. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122738 on 2025-05-07
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Gibson, R. (2001). Nemertini (Nemertae), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 152-156 (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference Norenburg, J. L. (1986). Redescription of a brooding nemertine, Cyanophthalma obscura (Schultze) gen. et comb. n., with observations on its biology and discussion of the species of Prostomatella and related taxa. Zoologica Scripta, 15(4): 275-293, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1986.tb00229.x [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference Norenburg, J. L. (1986). Redescription of a brooding nemertine, Cyanophthalma obscura (Schultze) gen. et comb. n., with observations on its biology and discussion of the species of Prostomatella and related taxa. Zoologica Scripta, 15(4): 275-293, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1986.tb00229.x [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]
additional source Hookabe, N.; Kajihara, H. (2020). New record of the monostiliferous hoplonemertean <i>Gurjanovella littoralis</i> Uschakov, 1926 from Japan (Nemertea, Hoplonemertea, Monostilifera). <em>Check List.</em> 16(2): 265–269., available online at https://doi.org/10.15560/16.2.265
page(s): 268 [details]
additional source Hookabe, N.; Kajihara, H. (2020). New record of the monostiliferous hoplonemertean <i>Gurjanovella littoralis</i> Uschakov, 1926 from Japan (Nemertea, Hoplonemertea, Monostilifera). <em>Check List.</em> 16(2): 265–269., available online at https://doi.org/10.15560/16.2.265
page(s): 268 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Amphiporus cordiceps sensu Friedrich, 1933 = Cyanophthalma cordicepsAmphiporus cordiceps (Jensen, 1878) is not a synonym to Cyanophthalma cordiceps [details]
Unreviewed
Diet generally for group, they are carnivorous; in some cases only the body juices are ingested but the whole prey may be taken in. feed on protozoans, other microfauna and at times prey their own size [details]Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras [details]
Habitat benthic, living under rocks or in burrows in soft substrata, or crawling among algae, hydroids, or in bottom debris [details]
Reproduction sexes are separate; fertilization is external for most species. Asexual reproduction also occurs by fragmentation [details]
Taxonomy species fragment easily when handled [details]
