WoRMS taxon details
Cerebratulus herculeus Coe, 1901
147313 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147313)
accepted
Species
Cerebratulus latus Coe, 1905 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Coe, W. R. (1901). Papers from the Harriman Alaska Expedition. XX. The nemerteans. <em>Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 3: 1–110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872803 [details] 
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2026). World Nemertea Database. Cerebratulus herculeus Coe, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147313 on 2026-05-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Coe, W. R. (1901). Papers from the Harriman Alaska Expedition. XX. The nemerteans. <em>Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 3: 1–110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872803 [details] 
original description (of Cerebratulus latus Coe, 1905) Coe, W. R. (1905). Nemerteans of the west and northwest coasts of America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 47: 1-318, available online at http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=vAkMAQAAIAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA4&dq=Coe+Nemerteans+West+and+northwest+coasts&ots=nWE5tvCKYB&sig=5upmz9KfKwpEFDrRbedoLNi8ga4#v=onepage&q=Coe%20Nemerteans%20West%20and%20northwest%20coasts&f=false
page(s): 203-206, pl. 4, fig. 41 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]
original description (of Cerebratulus latus Coe, 1905) Coe, W. R. (1905). Nemerteans of the west and northwest coasts of America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 47: 1-318, available online at http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=vAkMAQAAIAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA4&dq=Coe+Nemerteans+West+and+northwest+coasts&ots=nWE5tvCKYB&sig=5upmz9KfKwpEFDrRbedoLNi8ga4#v=onepage&q=Coe%20Nemerteans%20West%20and%20northwest%20coasts&f=false
page(s): 203-206, pl. 4, fig. 41 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Cerebratulus latus Coe, 1905)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cerebratulus herculeus)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (5 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (8 records) (from synonym Cerebratulus latus Coe, 1905)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Cerebratulus latus Coe, 1905)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cerebratulus herculeus)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (5 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (8 records) (from synonym Cerebratulus latus Coe, 1905)
To ITIS