Amphiporus groenlandicus Ørsted, 1843 
AphiaID: 122660

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Nemertea > Enopla > Hoplonemertea > Monostilifera > Eumonostilifera > Amphiporidae > Amphiporus

Status		nomen dubium
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Amphiporus Ehrenberg, 1831
Sources		basis of record: Gibson, R. (2001). Nemertini (Nemertae), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 152-156 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Gibson, R. (2005) Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK [details] additional source: Gosner, K.L. 1971. Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 693 p. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p. [details] additional source: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		Arctic Ocean [details] Bar Road [details] Cobscook Bay [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] North West Atlantic [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection To ITIS
Notes		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 to Cape Hatteras, including Cobscook Bay [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] Taxonomy: Suborder: Monostilifera, according to Trott (2004).. species fragment easily when handled [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122660
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Gibson, Raymond 2005-07-18 07:07:26Z   checked   Gibson, Raymond
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		Citation: Gibson, R. (2013). Amphiporus groenlandicus Ørsted, 1843. In: Norenburg, J.; Gibson, R. (2013) World Nemertea database. Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2013) Canadian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122660 on 2013-05-19