WoRMS taxon details
Dushia nigra (Stimpson, 1855)
1416632 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1416632)
accepted
Species
Cerebratulus niger (Stimpson, 1855) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cerebratulus nigrus (Stimpson, 1855) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Meckelia nigra Stimpson, 1855 · unaccepted (New Combination)
Micrura formosana Yamaoka, 1939 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Micrura japonica Iwata, 1952 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Dushia nigra (Stimpson, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1416632 on 2025-10-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Micrura japonica Iwata, 1952) Iwata, F. (1952). Nemertini from the coasts of Kyusyu. Journal of the Faculty of Science Hokkaido University Series 6: Zoology, 11 [4?]: 126-148, available online at http://eprints2008.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2115/27119/1/11(1)_P126-148.pdf [details] Available for editors 
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new combination reference Hookabe, N.; Schwartz, M. L.; Kajihara, H.; Norenburg, J. L. (2019). Molecular systematics of the heteronemertean genus <em>Dushia</em> (Nemertea, Pilidiophora), with descriptions of <em>D. wijnhoffae</em> sp. nov. and <em>D. nigra</em> species complex comb. nov. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4691(4): 333–358., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4691.4.2
note: Hookabe et al. (2019) consider D. nigra to be a species complex. [details]
[request]new combination reference Hookabe, N.; Schwartz, M. L.; Kajihara, H.; Norenburg, J. L. (2019). Molecular systematics of the heteronemertean genus <em>Dushia</em> (Nemertea, Pilidiophora), with descriptions of <em>D. wijnhoffae</em> sp. nov. and <em>D. nigra</em> species complex comb. nov. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4691(4): 333–358., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4691.4.2
note: Hookabe et al. (2019) consider D. nigra to be a species complex. [details]
From editor or global species database
New combination Considered a species complex by Hookabe et al. (2019). [details]New combination Considered a species complex by Hookabe et al. 2019. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | クロヒモムシ [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Micrura formosana Yamaoka, 1939)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Cerebratulus niger (Stimpson, 1855))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Micrura japonica Iwata, 1952)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Micrura formosana) (from synonym Micrura formosana Yamaoka, 1939)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Micrura formosana Yamaoka, 1939)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (14 records) (from synonym Micrura formosana Yamaoka, 1939)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Cerebratulus niger (Stimpson, 1855))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Micrura japonica Iwata, 1952)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Micrura formosana) (from synonym Micrura formosana Yamaoka, 1939)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Micrura formosana Yamaoka, 1939)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (14 records) (from synonym Micrura formosana Yamaoka, 1939)
