WoRMS taxon details
Nipponnemertes pulcher (Johnston, 1837)
AphiaID: 122704
AphiaID: 122704
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Nemertea (Phylum) > Enopla (Class) > Hoplonemertea (Subclass) > Monostilifera (Order) > Cratenemertea (Suborder) > Cratenemertidae (Family) > Nipponnemertes (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Nipponnemertes Friedrich, 1968 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Amphiporus bergendali (synonym) Amphiporus falklandicus (synonym) Amphiporus pulcher (synonym) Amphiporus pulcher pulcher (synonym) Amphiporus pusillus (synonym) Cratenemertes bergendali (synonym) Cratenemertes danae (synonym) Nemertes (Nemertes) pulchra (synonym) Nemertes pulchra (synonym) Omatoplea pulchra (synonym) Ommatoplea pulchra (synonym) Polia bemix Quatrefages, 1846 (synonym) Polystemma pulchrum (synonym) Prostoma pulchra (synonym) Vermiculus rubens Dalyell, 1853 (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: Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p. [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: 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] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] | |||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | British Isles [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] North West Atlantic [details] Roscoff [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wimereux [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
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] Dimensions: length up to 50 mm by 5 mm [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] remark: species used to be called Amphiporus pulcher; species fragment easily when handled [details] Reproduction: sexes are separate; fertilization is external for most species. Asexual reproduction also occurs by fragmentation [details] Spelling: Mentionned as Nipponnemertes pulchra [details] Spelling: In Müller (2004) as Nipponemertes pulchra [details] Synonymy: Amphiporus lecointei (partim) = Nipponnemertes pulchra [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122704 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Norenburg, J.; Gibson, R. (2013). Nipponnemertes pulcher (Johnston, 1837). 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=122704 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||||||||
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