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Gibson, R. (1995). Nemertean genera and species of the world: an annotated checklist of original names and description citations, synonyms, current taxonomic status, habitats and recorded zoogeographic distribution. Journal of Natural History. 29(2): 271-561.
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Gibson, R.
1995
Nemertean genera and species of the world: an annotated checklist of original names and description citations, synonyms, current taxonomic status, habitats and recorded zoogeographic distribution
Journal of Natural History
29(2): 271-561
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Names used for nemertean genera and species of the world are listed alphabetically, with their original description citations, synonymy and current taxonomic status. Though many remain inadequately described, 250 genera and 1149 species are recognized as valid; these comprise Archinemertea (3 genera, 28 species), Palaeonemertea (11, 70), Heteronemertea (79, 401), monostiliferous Hoplonemertea (91, 500), reptantic polystiliferous Hoplonemertea (22, 45), pelagic polystiliferous Hoplonemertea (40, 97), Bdellonemertea (1, 5) and three monotypic genera whose higher taxonomic affinities are uncertain. In addition, three monotypic genera of fossil Nemertea are also listed. The higher systematic position and typical ecological habits of its species are shown for each valid genus, type-species are indicated, and brief details of species known habitats and distribution are noted.
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Acteonemertes Pantin, 1961 (status source)
Amniclineus Gibson & Qi, 1991 (basis of record)
Amniclineusa Dawson, 1993 accepted as Amniclineus Gibson & Qi, 1991 (basis of record)
Amphiporella Friedrich, 1940 (status source)
Amphiporella baltica Friedrich, 1940 (status source)
Amphiporus (Intestinonemertes) appendiculatus Friedrich, 1957 accepted as Amphiporus appendiculatus Friedrich, 1957 (source of synonymy)
Amphiporus (Intestinonemertes) arcticus (Punnett, 1901) accepted as Amphiporus arcticus Punnett, 1901 (source of synonymy)
Amphiporus (Intestinonemertes) islandicus Friedrich, 1957 accepted as Amphiporus islandicus Friedrich, 1957 (source of synonymy)
Amphiporus (Intestinonemertes) iwatai Friedrich, 1970 accepted as Amphiporus iwatai Friedrich, 1970 (source of synonymy)
Amphiporus (Intestinonemertes) punnetti Friedrich, 1957 accepted as Amphiporus punnetti (Friedrich, 1957) (source of synonymy)
Amphiporus (Intestinonemertes) septentrionalis Friedrich, 1957 accepted as Amphiporus septentrionalis Friedrich, 1957 (source of synonymy)
Amphiporus appendiculatus Friedrich, 1957 (status source)
Amphiporus arcticus Punnett, 1901 (status source)
Amphiporus islandicus Friedrich, 1957 (status source)
Amphiporus iwatai Friedrich, 1970 (status source)
Amphiporus nigrostriatus Timofeev, 1911 (status source)
Amphiporus punnetti (Friedrich, 1957) (status source)
Amphiporus septentrionalis Friedrich, 1957 (status source)
Amphiporus spectabilis (Quatrefages, 1846) (taxonomy source)
Amphiporus vittatus (Hubrecht, 1879) accepted as Tetrastemma vittigerum (Bürger, 1904) (additional source)
Antarctonemertes (Kurilonemertes) Chernyshev, 1993 accepted as Antarctonemertes Friedrich, 1955 (status source)
Antiponemertes Moore & Gibson, 1981 (status source)
Apatronemertes Wilfert & Gibson, 1974 (basis of record)
Apatronemertes albimaculosa Wilfert & Gibson, 1974 (basis of record)
Argonemertes Moore & Gibson, 1981 (status source)
Baseodiscus takakurai Gibson, 1995 (original description)
Campbellonemertes Moore & Gibson, 1972 (basis of record)
Campbellonemertes johnsi Moore & Gibson, 1972 (basis of record)
Cerebratulus spectabilis Quatrefages, 1846 accepted as Drepanophorus spectabilis (Quatrefages, 1846) accepted as Gibsonnemertes spectabilis (Quatrefages, 1846) (additional source)
Cosmocephala Stimpson, 1857 accepted as Amphiporus Ehrenberg, 1831 (status source)
Cratenemertes Friedrich, 1955 (taxonomy source)
Drepanophorus spectabilis (Quatrefages, 1846) accepted as Gibsonnemertes spectabilis (Quatrefages, 1846) (source of synonymy)
Eupolia ascophora Bürger, 1890 accepted as Baseodiscus delineatus (Delle Chiaje, 1822) (source of synonymy)
Eupolia curta accepted as Baseodiscus delineatus (Delle Chiaje, 1822) (source of synonymy)
Eupolia filholi Joubin, 1902 accepted as Baseodiscus filholi (Joubin, 1902) (source of synonymy)
Eupolia multiporata Punnett, 1900 accepted as Baseodiscus multiporatus (Punnett, 1900) (source of synonymy)
Eupolia pholidota Punnett, 1900 accepted as Baseodiscus pholidotus (Punnett, 1900) (source of synonymy)
Eupolia rugosa Punnett, 1900 accepted as Baseodiscus rugosus (Punnett, 1900) (source of synonymy)
Eupolia unistriata Isler, 1900 accepted as Baseodiscus unistriatus (Isler, 1900) (source of synonymy)
Fasciola Linnaeus, 1758 (taxonomy source)
Fasciola flaccida Müller, 1774 (status source)
Geonemertes allisonae Moore, 1973 accepted as Antiponemertes allisonae (Moore, 1973) (status source)
Geonemertes australiensis Dendy, 1892 accepted as Argonemertes australiensis (Dendy, 1892) (status source)
Geonemertes caeca Darbishire, 1909 (status source)
Geonemertes chalicophora Graff, 1879 accepted as Leptonemertes chalicophora (Graff, 1879) (status source)
Geonemertes dendyi Dakin, 1915 accepted as Argonemertes dendyi (Dakin, 1915) (status source)
Geonemertes hillii Hett, 1924 accepted as Argonemertes hillii (Hett, 1924) (status source)
Geonemertes nightingaleensis Brinkmann, 1943 accepted as Katechonemertes nightingaleensis (Brinkmann, 1943) (status source)
Geonemertes novae-zealandiae Dendy, 1895 accepted as Antiponemertes novaezealandiae (Dendy, 1895) (status source)
Geonemertes pantini Southgate, 1954 accepted as Antiponemertes pantini (Southgate, 1954) (status source)
Geonemertes stocki Moore, 1975 accepted as Argonemertes stocki (Moore, 1975) (status source)
Hirudo Linnaeus, 1758 (taxonomy source)
Intestinonemertes Friedrich, 1957 accepted as Amphiporus Ehrenberg, 1831 (status source)
Intestinonemertes punnetti Friedrich, 1957 accepted as Amphiporus punnetti (Friedrich, 1957) (source of synonymy)
Lineus glandulosa accepted as Chilineus glandulosa (Bürger, 1895) (basis of record)
Lineus viridis Saint-Loup, 1886 (status source)
Lobilabrum ostrearium Blainville, 1828 (status source)
Micrura coei Gibson, 1995 (original description)
Nemertes (Borlasia) olivacea Johnston, 1837 accepted as Lineus viridis (Müller, 1774) (taxonomy source)
Nemertes (Nemertes) lactiflorea Johnston, 1837 accepted as Amphiporus lactifloreus (Johnston, 1828) (taxonomy source)
Nemertes badia (Rathke, 1799) accepted as Drepanophorus spectabilis (Quatrefages, 1846) accepted as Gibsonnemertes spectabilis (Quatrefages, 1846) (source of synonymy)
Nemertopsella Friedrich, 1958, not Wheeler, 1940 accepted as Cryptonemertes Gibson, 1986 (source of synonymy)
Norenburgia (Norenburgia) Chernyshev, 1993 accepted as Ototyphlonemertes Diesing, 1863 (status source)
Norenburgia (Norenburgia) brevis (Corrêa, 1948) accepted as Ototyphlonemertes brevis Corrêa, 1948 (status source)
Norenburgia (Norenburgia) lactea (Corrêa, 1954) accepted as Ototyphlonemertes lactea Corrêa, 1954 represented as Ototyphlonemertes (Macintoshi) lactea Corrêa, 1953 (status source)
Oerstedia russica (Joubin, 1890) accepted as Oerstedia rustica (Joubin, 1890) (source of synonymy)
Oerstedia vittata Hubrecht, 1879 accepted as Tetrastemma vittigerum (Bürger, 1904) (additional source)
Oerstediella crassus Senz, 1993 accepted as Oerstedia crassus (Senz, 1993) (additional source)
Omatoplea bemix (Quatrefages, 1846) accepted as Polia bemix Quatrefages, 1846 accepted as Nipponnemertes pulcher (Johnston, 1837) accepted as Nipponnemertes pulchra (Johnston, 1837) (taxonomy source)
Omatoplea spirales Parfitt, 1867 (basis of record)
Ototyphlonemertes (Accirinia) Chernyshev, 1993 accepted as Ototyphlonemertes Diesing, 1863 (status source)
Paroerstedia Friedrich, 1955 accepted as Oerstedia Quatrefages, 1846 (status source)
Planaria badia Rathke, 1799 accepted as Nemertes badia (Rathke, 1799) accepted as Drepanophorus spectabilis (Quatrefages, 1846) accepted as Gibsonnemertes spectabilis (Quatrefages, 1846) (source of synonymy)
Planaria bioculata Johnston, 1828 (taxonomy source)
Planaria fusca Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Meckelia fusca (Fabricius, 1780) accepted as Nemertes fusca (Fabricius, 1780) accepted as Lineus ruber (Müller, 1774) (source of synonymy)
Planaria quadrioculata Johnston, 1828 accepted as Tetrastemma candidum (Müller, 1774) (taxonomy source)
Planktonemertes agassizii sensu Bürger, 1909 accepted as Chuniella agassizii (Bürger, 1909) (taxonomy source)
Polia bemix Quatrefages, 1846 accepted as Nipponnemertes pulcher (Johnston, 1837) accepted as Nipponnemertes pulchra (Johnston, 1837) (taxonomy source)
Polystemma pulchrum (Johnston, 1837) accepted as Nipponnemertes pulcher (Johnston, 1837) accepted as Nipponnemertes pulchra (Johnston, 1837) (taxonomy source)
Prostoma Dugès, 1828 (status source)
Prostoma pulchra (Johnston, 1837) accepted as Nipponnemertes pulcher (Johnston, 1837) accepted as Nipponnemertes pulchra (Johnston, 1837) (taxonomy source)
Prostoma vittigerum Bürger, 1904 accepted as Tetrastemma vittigerum (Bürger, 1904) (additional source)
Pseudobasedodiscus Senz, 1992 accepted as Pseudobaseodiscus Senz, 1993 (additional source)
Tetrastemma graecensis Böhmig, 1892 accepted as Prostoma graecense (Böhmig, 1892) (status source)
Tetrastemma kulikovae Gibson, 1995 accepted as Protetrastemma viride Kulikova, 1989 (original description)
Tetrastemma nigra Riches, 1893 accepted as Oerstedia nigra (Riches, 1893) (additional source)
Tetrastemma nigrum Riches, 1893 accepted as Oerstedia nigra (Riches, 1893) (additional source)
Tetrastemma timofeevai Gibson, 1995 (original description)
Tetrastemma vittata Verrill, 1874 accepted as Cyanophthalma cordiceps (Jensen, 1878) sensu Norenburg, 1986 (additional source)
Tetrastemma vittatum (Hubrecht, 1879) sensu Bürger, 1895 accepted as Tetrastemma vittigerum (Bürger, 1904) (additional source)
Tetrastemma vittigerum (Bürger, 1904) (additional source)
 Synonymy

Gibson (1995) does not accept Bürger's (1904) synonymy with Planaria bad. [details]

 Synonymy

Gordius oculatus (partim) probably = Lineus sanguineus (Rathke, 1799) , but could also refer to Lineus ruber or ... [details]

 Synonymy

Meckelia synonymized with genera in Palaeo-, Hoplo- and Heteronemertea. [details]

 Synonymy

Polia synonymized with genera in Palaeo-, Hoplo- and Heteronemertea. [details]

 Taxonomic remark

Could refer to Lineus ruber (Müller, 1774) or Lineus viridis (Müller, 1774) or to both. [details]

 Taxonomic remark

Gordius oculatus (partim) probably = Lineus sanguineus (Rathke, 1799) , but could also refer to Lineus ruber or ... [details]

 Taxonomic remark

Gibson (1995) lists and incorrectly attributes Norenburgia brevis to Chernyshev (1993), who created no such taxon ... [details]

 Taxonomic remark

Gibson (1995) lists and incorrectly attributes Norenburgia lactea to Chernyshev (1993), who created no such taxon ... [details]

 Taxonomic remark

Gibson (1995) lists and incorrectly attributes Norenburgia macintoshi to Chernyshev (1993), who created no such ... [details]

 Taxonomic remark

Gibson (1995) states that Oerstedia pallida Kef. sensu du Plessis is Ototyphlonemertes claparedii, not Oerstedia ... [details]

 Taxonomy

A currently valid genus of leeches, the generic name was used by a number of the earlier authors for species of ... [details]

 Validity

Saint-Loup, apart from referring to the size and colour of this form, which helisted as new, merely noted that it ... [details]