WoRMS taxon details
Amphiporus ochraceus (Verrill, 1873)
156301 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156301)
accepted
Species
Amphiporus ocraceus (Verrill, 1873) · unaccepted (Lapsus calami)
Cosmocephala ochracea Verrill, 1873 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cosmocephala ochracea Verrill, 1873) Verrill, A. E. (1873). XVIII. Report upon the invertebrate animals of Vineyard Sound and the adjacent waters, with an account of the physical characters of the region. <em>Report on the condition of the sea fisheries of the south coast of New England [later becomes Reports of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries].</em> 1: 295-778 pls. 1-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15782934
page(s): 325, 630-631, pl. XIX, figs 95, 95a [details]
page(s): 325, 630-631, pl. XIX, figs 95, 95a [details]
Distribution Maine coastline down to Florida
Distribution Maine coastline down to Florida [details]
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2026). World Nemertea Database. Amphiporus ochraceus (Verrill, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156301 on 2026-05-17
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Nomenclature
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(of Cosmocephala ochracea Verrill, 1873) Verrill, A. E. (1873). XVIII. Report upon the invertebrate animals of Vineyard Sound and the adjacent waters, with an account of the physical characters of the region. <em>Report on the condition of the sea fisheries of the south coast of New England [later becomes Reports of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries].</em> 1: 295-778 pls. 1-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15782934
page(s): 325, 630-631, pl. XIX, figs 95, 95a [details]
basis of record Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 325, 630-631, pl. XIX, figs 95, 95a [details]
basis of record Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Gosner, K.L. (1979). A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore. Invertebrates and Seaweeds of the Atlantic Coast from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras. <em>Wiley-Interscience, Boston.</em> 329pp., figs. 1-72, pls. 1-64. [pdf copepods only]. [details] Available for editors [request]
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 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): 396, text-fig. 2, pl. XXXIII, figs 5, 6, pl. XXXIX, fig. 8 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Gosner, K.L. (1979). A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore. Invertebrates and Seaweeds of the Atlantic Coast from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras. <em>Wiley-Interscience, Boston.</em> 329pp., figs. 1-72, pls. 1-64. [pdf copepods only]. [details] Available for editors
[request]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 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): 396, text-fig. 2, pl. XXXIII, figs 5, 6, pl. XXXIX, fig. 8 [details]
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
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]Dimensions length up to 40 mm by 3 mm [details]
Distribution Maine coastline down to Florida [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]
remark species fragment easily when handled [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Cosmocephala ochracea Verrill, 1873)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amphiporus ochraceus)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Cosmocephala ochracea Verrill, 1873)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (28 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096458)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Cosmocephala ochracea Verrill, 1873)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amphiporus ochraceus)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Cosmocephala ochracea Verrill, 1873)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (28 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096458)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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