WoRMS taxon details
Tetrastemma vermiculus (Quatrefages, 1846)
122806 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122806)
accepted
Species
Borlasia vermiculus · unaccepted (synonym)
Nemertes vermiculus (Quatrefages, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Polia vermiculata · unaccepted (synonym)
Polia vermiculus Quatrefages, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Prostoma flagellatum (Montgomery, 1897) · unaccepted > superseded combination (synonym)
Prostoma vermicula · unaccepted (synonym)
Prostoma vermiculus · unaccepted (synonym)
Prostoma vermiculus catenulatum · unaccepted (synonym)
Prostoma vermiculus solium · unaccepted (synonym)
Prostoma vermiculus vermiculus · unaccepted (synonym)
Tetrastemma flagellatum Montgomery, 1897 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tetrastemma vermiculum (Quatrefages, 1864) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (vermiculus is a noun ("small worm"))
marine
(of Polia vermiculus Quatrefages, 1846) Quatrefages, A. (1846). Étude sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des annelés. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie.</em> 6: 173–303., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408183
page(s): 214 [details]
page(s): 214 [details]
Nomenclature The specific name vermiculus is a noun.
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and Long Island Sound
Nomenclature The specific name vermiculus is a noun. [details]
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and Long Island Sound
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and Long Island Sound [details]
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Tetrastemma vermiculus (Quatrefages, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122806 on 2025-05-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Polia vermiculus Quatrefages, 1846) Quatrefages, A. (1846). Étude sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des annelés. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie.</em> 6: 173–303., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408183
page(s): 214 [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): 214 [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 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
[request]
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 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]
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 [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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
[request]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 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]
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
[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
Nomenclature The specific name vermiculus is a noun. [details]Unreviewed
Authority (de Quatrefages, 1846) [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 to Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and Long Island Sound [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]
remark species fragment easily when handled [details]
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Polia vermiculus Quatrefages, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Borlasia vermiculus)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Polia vermiculata)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Prostoma flagellatum (Montgomery, 1897))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Nemertes vermiculus (Quatrefages, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Prostoma vermiculus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tetrastemma vermiculus)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (5 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096382)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Polia vermiculus Quatrefages, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Borlasia vermiculus)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Polia vermiculata)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Prostoma flagellatum (Montgomery, 1897))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Nemertes vermiculus (Quatrefages, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Prostoma vermiculus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tetrastemma vermiculus)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (5 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096382)
To ITIS
