WoRMS taxon details
Amphiporus lactifloreus (Johnston, 1828)
122666 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122666)
accepted
Species
Amphiporus lacteiflorus · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Amphiporus laetifloreus · unaccepted (synonym)
Amphiporus loetofloreus · unaccepted (synonym)
Borlasia alba Thompson, 1845 · unaccepted (synonym)
Borlasia mandilla (Quatrefages, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ditactorrhochma mandilla · unaccepted (synonym)
Gordius albicans Dalyell, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nemertes (Nemertes) lactiflorea Johnston, 1837 · unaccepted
Nemertes lactiflora · unaccepted (synonym)
Nemertes lactiflorea (Johnston, 1828) · unaccepted (synonym)
Nemertes mandilla (Quatrefages, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Omatoplea alba (Thompson, 1845) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Omatoplea berea (Quatrefages, 1846) · unaccepted (synonym)
Omatoplea mutabilis (Quatrefages, 1846) · unaccepted (synonym)
Omatoplea violacea · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ommatoplea alba (Thompson, 1845) · unaccepted (synonym)
Ommatoplea berea (Quatrefages, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ommatoplea glauca (Quatrefages, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ommatoplea mandilla (Quatrefages, 1846) · unaccepted (synonym)
Ommatoplea mutabilis (Quatrefages, 1846) · unaccepted (synonym)
Ommatoplea violacea (Quatrefages, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Planaria lactiflorea Johnston, 1828 · unaccepted (synonym)
Polia berea Quatrefages, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Polia glauca Quatrefages, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Polia mandilla Quatrefages, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Polia mutabilis Quatrefages, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Polia pusilla Delle Chaije, 1841 · unaccepted (synonym)
Polia violacea Quatrefages, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Polystemma alba (Thompson, 1845) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Polystemma roseum (Müller, 1774) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
Prostoma lactiflorea · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Planaria lactiflorea Johnston, 1828) Johnston, G. (1828). Contributions to the British fauna. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 3: 175-180., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339343 [details]
(of Nemertes lactiflorea (Johnston, 1828)) Johnston, G. (1828). Contributions to the British fauna. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 3: 175-180., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339343 [details]
(of Nemertes lactiflorea (Johnston, 1828)) Johnston, G. (1828). Contributions to the British fauna. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 3: 175-180., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339343 [details]
Distribution Lower St. Lawrence Estuary; Cobscook Bay
Taxonomy Suborder: Monostilifera, according to Trott (2004).. species fragment easily when handled
Distribution Lower St. Lawrence Estuary; Cobscook Bay [details]
Taxonomy Suborder: Monostilifera, according to Trott (2004).. species fragment easily when handled
Taxonomy Suborder: Monostilifera, according to Trott (2004).. species fragment easily when handled [details]
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Amphiporus lactifloreus (Johnston, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122666 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Planaria lactiflorea Johnston, 1828) Johnston, G. (1828). Contributions to the British fauna. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 3: 175-180., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339343 [details]
original description (of Borlasia alba Thompson, 1845) Thompson, W. (1845). Additions to the fauna of Ireland, including descriptions of some apparently new species of Invertebrata. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1)15: 308-321, pl. 19., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18664187 [details]
original description (of Gordius albicans Dalyell, 1853) Dalyell, J. G. (1853). The Powers of the Creator Displayed in the Creation: or, Observations on Life Amidst the Various Forms of the Humbler Tribes of Animated Nature: with Practical Comments and Illustrations. Volume II. xiii + 359 pp., 46 pls. John van Voorst. London., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18804951 [details]
original description (of Nemertes lactiflorea (Johnston, 1828)) Johnston, G. (1828). Contributions to the British fauna. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 3: 175-180., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339343 [details]
original description (of Polia berea Quatrefages, 1846) Quatrefages, A. (1846). Étude sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des annelés. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie.</em> 6: 173–303., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408183
page(s): 211–212 [details]
original description (of Polia mutabilis Quatrefages, 1846) Quatrefages, A. (1846). Étude sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des annelés. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie.</em> 6: 173–303., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408183
page(s): 205, pl. 10, fig. II [details]
original description (of Polia mandilla Quatrefages, 1846) Quatrefages, A. (1846). Étude sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des annelés. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie.</em> 6: 173–303., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408183
page(s): 203–204, pl. 8, figs I, Ia, pl. 9, fig. II [details]
original description (of Polia glauca Quatrefages, 1846) Quatrefages, A. (1846). Étude sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des annelés. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie.</em> 6: 173–303., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408183
page(s): 206, pl. 10, fig. III [details]
original description (of Polia violacea Quatrefages, 1846) Quatrefages, A. (1846). Étude sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des annelés. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie.</em> 6: 173–303., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408183
page(s): 210 [details]
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]
original description (of Borlasia alba Thompson, 1845) Thompson, W. (1845). Additions to the fauna of Ireland, including descriptions of some apparently new species of Invertebrata. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1)15: 308-321, pl. 19., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18664187 [details]
original description (of Gordius albicans Dalyell, 1853) Dalyell, J. G. (1853). The Powers of the Creator Displayed in the Creation: or, Observations on Life Amidst the Various Forms of the Humbler Tribes of Animated Nature: with Practical Comments and Illustrations. Volume II. xiii + 359 pp., 46 pls. John van Voorst. London., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18804951 [details]
original description (of Nemertes lactiflorea (Johnston, 1828)) Johnston, G. (1828). Contributions to the British fauna. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 3: 175-180., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339343 [details]
original description (of Polia berea Quatrefages, 1846) Quatrefages, A. (1846). Étude sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des annelés. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie.</em> 6: 173–303., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408183
page(s): 211–212 [details]
original description (of Polia mutabilis Quatrefages, 1846) Quatrefages, A. (1846). Étude sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des annelés. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie.</em> 6: 173–303., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408183
page(s): 205, pl. 10, fig. II [details]
original description (of Polia mandilla Quatrefages, 1846) Quatrefages, A. (1846). Étude sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des annelés. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie.</em> 6: 173–303., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408183
page(s): 203–204, pl. 8, figs I, Ia, pl. 9, fig. II [details]
original description (of Polia glauca Quatrefages, 1846) Quatrefages, A. (1846). Étude sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des annelés. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie.</em> 6: 173–303., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408183
page(s): 206, pl. 10, fig. III [details]
original description (of Polia violacea Quatrefages, 1846) Quatrefages, A. (1846). Étude sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des annelés. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie.</em> 6: 173–303., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408183
page(s): 210 [details]
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]
Taxonomy
redescription
Berg, G. (1972). Taxonomy of <em>Amphiporus lactifloreus</em> (Johnston, 1828) and <em>Amphiporus dissimulans</em> Riches, 1893 (Nemertini, Hoplonemertini). <em>Astarte.</em> 5: 19–26. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Verrill, A. E. (1892). The marine nemerteans of New England and adjacent waters. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 8: 381–471., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32298
page(s): 394, pl. XXXIX, figs 7, 7a [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Verrill, A. E. (1892). The marine nemerteans of New England and adjacent waters. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 8: 381–471., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32298
page(s): 394, pl. XXXIX, figs 7, 7a [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
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]Unreviewed
Authority (Johnston, 1827-28) [details]Dimensions length up to 100 mm by 5 mm [details]
Distribution Lower St. Lawrence Estuary; Cobscook Bay [details]
Habitat infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Reproduction sexes are separate; fertilization is external for most species. Asexual reproduction also occurs by fragmentation [details]
Taxonomy Suborder: Monostilifera, according to Trott (2004).. species fragment easily when handled [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | orange slimbændel | [details] |
| English | milk-white ribbon worm | [details] |
| German | Milchweißer SchnurwurmHeller SchnurwurmHelle Nemertine | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ditactorrhochma mandilla)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Nemertes mandilla (Quatrefages, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Planaria lactiflorea Johnston, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Nemertes lactiflorea (Johnston, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Borlasia alba Thompson, 1845)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Polia pusilla Delle Chaije, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Amphiporus lacteiflorus)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (80 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Gordius albicans Dalyell, 1853)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amphiporus lactifloreus)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Planaria lactiflorea Johnston, 1828)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (32 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ditactorrhochma mandilla)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Nemertes mandilla (Quatrefages, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Planaria lactiflorea Johnston, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Nemertes lactiflorea (Johnston, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Borlasia alba Thompson, 1845)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Polia pusilla Delle Chaije, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Amphiporus lacteiflorus)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (80 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Gordius albicans Dalyell, 1853)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amphiporus lactifloreus)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Planaria lactiflorea Johnston, 1828)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (32 records)
To ITIS
