CaRMS taxon details
Carcinonemertes carcinophila (Kölliker, 1845)
122701 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122701)
accepted
Species
marine
Kölliker, A. (1845). No formal title: 'Drei neue Gattungen von Würmern'. <em>Verhandlungen der Schweizerischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> (1844) 29: 86-98., available online at https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?pid=sng-005%3A1844%3A29#113 [details]
(of ) Kölliker, A. (1845). No formal title: 'Drei neue Gattungen von Würmern'. <em>Verhandlungen der Schweizerischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> (1844) 29: 86-98., available online at https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?pid=sng-005%3A1844%3A29#113 [details]
(of ) Kölliker, A. (1845). No formal title: 'Drei neue Gattungen von Würmern'. <em>Verhandlungen der Schweizerischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> (1844) 29: 86-98., available online at https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?pid=sng-005%3A1844%3A29#113 [details]
Distribution whole Atlantic coast
Distribution whole Atlantic coast [details]
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Carcinonemertes carcinophila (Kölliker, 1845). Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122701 on 2025-05-30
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Carcinonemertes carcinophila (Kölliker, 1845). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122701 on 2025-05-30
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original description
Kölliker, A. (1845). No formal title: 'Drei neue Gattungen von Würmern'. <em>Verhandlungen der Schweizerischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> (1844) 29: 86-98., available online at https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?pid=sng-005%3A1844%3A29#113 [details]
original description (of ) Kölliker, A. (1845). No formal title: 'Drei neue Gattungen von Würmern'. <em>Verhandlungen der Schweizerischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> (1844) 29: 86-98., available online at https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?pid=sng-005%3A1844%3A29#113 [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) [details] Available for editors
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. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [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 Gosner, K.L. (1979). A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore. Invertebrates and Seaweeds of the Atlantic Coast from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras. <em>Wiley-Interscience, Boston.</em> 329pp., figs. 1-72, pls. 1-64. [pdf copepods only]. [details] Available for editors
additional source Norenburg, J. L. 2009. Nemertea of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 553–558 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
source of synonymy Bürger, O. (1904). Nemertini. <em>Das Tierreich.</em> 20: 1–151., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/898990 [details]
source of synonymy Humes, A.G. (1942). The morphology, taxonomy, and bionomics of the nemertean genus Carcinonemertes. <em>Illinois Biological Monographs. University of Illinois Press.</em> 18: 1-105. [details] Available for editors
original description (of ) Kölliker, A. (1845). No formal title: 'Drei neue Gattungen von Würmern'. <em>Verhandlungen der Schweizerischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> (1844) 29: 86-98., available online at https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?pid=sng-005%3A1844%3A29#113 [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) [details] Available for editors
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. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [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 Gosner, K.L. (1979). A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore. Invertebrates and Seaweeds of the Atlantic Coast from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras. <em>Wiley-Interscience, Boston.</em> 329pp., figs. 1-72, pls. 1-64. [pdf copepods only]. [details] Available for editors
additional source Norenburg, J. L. 2009. Nemertea of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 553–558 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
source of synonymy Bürger, O. (1904). Nemertini. <em>Das Tierreich.</em> 20: 1–151., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/898990 [details]
source of synonymy Humes, A.G. (1942). The morphology, taxonomy, and bionomics of the nemertean genus Carcinonemertes. <em>Illinois Biological Monographs. University of Illinois Press.</em> 18: 1-105. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet parasitic on host [details]Dimensions in males, length up to 25 mm and females up to 40 mm [details]
Distribution whole Atlantic coast [details]
Ecology on gills and eggs of crabs [details]
Habitat parasitic on crabs (on gills) [details]
Importance parasitic on commercial crabs (Ovalipes, Carcinus, Callinectes) [details]
Reproduction sexes are separate; fertilization is external for most species. Asexual reproduction also occurs by fragmentation [details]
Spelling In Müller (2004) as Carcinomertes carcinophila. [details]
remark species fragment easily when handled [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | crab nemertean | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carcinonemertes carcinophila)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (3 records)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carcinonemertes carcinophila)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (3 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
