WoRMS taxon details
Cerebratulus fuscus (McIntosh, 1874)
122471 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122471)
accepted
Species
Cerebratulus maculosus Verrill, 1895 · unaccepted (synonym)
Micrura fusca McIntosh, 1874 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine
(of Micrura fusca McIntosh, 1874) McIntosh, W. C. (1873-1874). A monograph of the British Annelids. Pt. I: The Nemerteans. The Ray Society, 1873: pp. 1-96, pls. I-X; 1874: pp. 97-214, pls. xi.-xxiii, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38577661 [details] 
Distribution Bay of Fundy, coast of Maine down to Cape Cod
Taxonomy species fragment easily when handled
Distribution Bay of Fundy, coast of Maine down to Cape Cod [details]
Taxonomy species fragment easily when handled
Taxonomy species fragment easily when handled [details]
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2026). World Nemertea Database. Cerebratulus fuscus (McIntosh, 1874). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122471 on 2026-06-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cerebratulus maculosus Verrill, 1895) Verrill, A. E. (1895). Supplement to the marine nemerteans and planarians of New England. Transactions of The Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 9: 523-534, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/112405
page(s): 526 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Micrura fusca McIntosh, 1874) McIntosh, W. C. (1873-1874). A monograph of the British Annelids. Pt. I: The Nemerteans. The Ray Society, 1873: pp. 1-96, pls. I-X; 1874: pp. 97-214, pls. xi.-xxiii, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38577661 [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]
page(s): 526 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Micrura fusca McIntosh, 1874) McIntosh, W. C. (1873-1874). A monograph of the British Annelids. Pt. I: The Nemerteans. The Ray Society, 1873: pp. 1-96, pls. I-X; 1874: pp. 97-214, pls. xi.-xxiii, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38577661 [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]
Other
additional source
Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]
additional source Miner, R. W. (1950). Field book of seashore life. <em>G.P. Putnam & Sons.</em> 1-888. [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]. <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 Bürger, O. (1892). Zur Systematik der Nemertinenfauna des Golfs von Neapel. <em>Nachrichten von der königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften und der Georg-Augusts-Universität zu Göttingen.</em> 5: 137–178., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN252457072_1892?tify=%7B%22pages%22%3A%5B145%5D%2C%22pan%22%3A%7B%22x%22%3A0.25%2C%22y%22%3A0.854%7D%2C%22view%22%3A%22export%22%2C%22zoom%22%3A0.471%7D
page(s): 174 [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), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Miner, R. W. (1950). Field book of seashore life. <em>G.P. Putnam & Sons.</em> 1-888. [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]. <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 Bürger, O. (1892). Zur Systematik der Nemertinenfauna des Golfs von Neapel. <em>Nachrichten von der königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften und der Georg-Augusts-Universität zu Göttingen.</em> 5: 137–178., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN252457072_1892?tify=%7B%22pages%22%3A%5B145%5D%2C%22pan%22%3A%7B%22x%22%3A0.25%2C%22y%22%3A0.854%7D%2C%22view%22%3A%22export%22%2C%22zoom%22%3A0.471%7D
page(s): 174 [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), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [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
Synonymy Cerebratulus fuscus (partim) = Cerebratulus marginatus [details]Unreviewed
Authority (Mc Intosh, 1873-74) [details]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]
Distribution Bay of Fundy, coast of Maine down to Cape Cod [details]
Habitat benthic, living under rocks or in burrows in soft substrata, or crawling among algae, hydroids, or in bottom debris; this species is also bathypelagic by swimming during periods of sexual activity [details]
Reproduction sexes are separate; fertilization is external for most species. Asexual reproduction also occurs by fragmentation [details]
Taxonomy species fragment easily when handled [details]
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cerebratulus maculosus Verrill, 1895)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Micrura fusca McIntosh, 1874)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cerebratulus fuscus)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Micrura fusca McIntosh, 1874)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Micrura fusca McIntosh, 1874)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (6 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cerebratulus maculosus Verrill, 1895)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Micrura fusca McIntosh, 1874)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cerebratulus fuscus)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Micrura fusca McIntosh, 1874)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Micrura fusca McIntosh, 1874)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (6 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
