WoRMS taxon details
Carcinonemertes carcinophila (Kölliker, 1845)
AphiaID: 122701
AphiaID: 122701
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Nemertea (Phylum) > Enopla (Class) > Hoplonemertea (Subclass) > Monostilifera (Order) > Eumonostilifera (Suborder) > Carcinonemertidae (Family) > Carcinonemertes (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Carcinonemertes Coe, 1902 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Baseodiscus xantophila (synonym) Carcinonemertes carcinophila carcinophila (synonym) Carcinonemertes carcinophila imminuta (synonym) Carcinonemertes carcinophila var. immunata (synonym) Cephalothrix involuta (synonym) Nemertes cartinophilos (synonym) Polia involuta Beneden, 1861 (synonym) Polia xanthopila Giard, 1888 (synonym) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Gibson, R. (2001). Nemertini (Nemertae), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 152-156 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Gibson, R. (2005) Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK [details] additional source: Gosner, K.L. 1971. Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 693 p. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Gosner, K.L. 1978. A field guide to the Atlantic seashore. The Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA. 329 p. [details] additional source: Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Norenburg, J. L. 2009. Nemertea of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 553–558 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Carcinonemertes carcinophila carcinophila accepted as Carcinonemertes carcinophila (Kölliker, 1845) Subspecies Carcinonemertes carcinophila imminuta accepted as Carcinonemertes carcinophila (Kölliker, 1845) Variety Carcinonemertes carcinophila var. immunata accepted as Carcinonemertes carcinophila (Kölliker, 1845) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Distribution | British Isles [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] North West Atlantic [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wimereux [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
on gills and eggs of crabs [details] Diet: parasitic on host [details] Dimensions: in males, length up to 25 mm and females up to 40 mm [details] Distribution: whole Atlantic coast [details] Habitat: parasitic on crabs (on gills) [details] Importance: parasitic on commercial crabs (Ovalipes, Carcinus, Callinectes) [details] remark: species fragment easily when handled [details] Reproduction: sexes are separate; fertilization is external for most species. Asexual reproduction also occurs by fragmentation [details] Spelling: In Müller (2004) as Carcinomertes carcinophila. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122701 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Gibson, R. (2013). Carcinonemertes carcinophila (Kölliker, 1845). In: Norenburg, J.; Gibson, R. (2013) World Nemertea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122701 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||
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