WoRMS name details
Carcinonemertes errans Wickham, 1978
156324 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156324)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
Species
Carcinonemertes errantia · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Wickham, D. E. (1978). A new species of Carcinonemertes (Nemertea: Carcinonemertidae) with notes on the genus from the Pacific coast. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 91(1): 197-202 [details] Available for editors 
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Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2026). World Nemertea Database. Carcinonemertes errans Wickham, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156324 on 2026-05-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Wickham, D. E. (1978). A new species of Carcinonemertes (Nemertea: Carcinonemertidae) with notes on the genus from the Pacific coast. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 91(1): 197-202 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record 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. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 29(2): 271–561., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939500770161 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]basis of record 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. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 29(2): 271–561., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939500770161 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy
von Dassow, G., C.B. Mendes, K. Robbins, S.C.S. Andrade & S.A. Maslakova. (2022). Hoplonemertean larvae are planktonic predators that capture and devour active animal prey. <em>Invertebrate Biology.</em> 140(5): e12363. Feb 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/ivb.12363 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Synonymy von Dassow et al. (2022) demonstrated that Carcinonemertes from Metacarcinus magister (supposedly C. errans) is identical (less than 1% sequence divergence in Cytochrome Oxidase I Folmer region) with Carcinonemertes epialti found on other species of crabs (e.g. Pugettia producta). C. epialti has priority over C. errans. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carcinonemertes errantia)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carcinonemertes errans)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (1 record) (from synonym Carcinonemertes errantia)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (Holotype USNM 55171) (from synonym Carcinonemertes errantia)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carcinonemertes errans)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (1 record) (from synonym Carcinonemertes errantia)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (Holotype USNM 55171) (from synonym Carcinonemertes errantia)
