WoRMS taxon details

Cephalothrix Örsted, 1843

122379  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122379)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Nemertea (Phylum)
  4. Palaeonemertea (Class)
  5. Archinemertea (Order)
  6. Cephalotrichidae (Family)
  7. Cephalothrix (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Planaria linearis Rathke, 1799 accepted as Cephalothrix linearis (Rathke, 1799) (type by subsequent designation)
Astemma Örsted, 1843 · unaccepted > junior homonym (Astemma Lepeletier & Serville,...)  
Astemma Lepeletier & Serville, 1825 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1277216)
Cephalorhrix · unaccepted (Spelling Variation)
Cephalotrix Oersted, 1844 · unaccepted (synonym)
Procephalothrix Wijnhoff, 1913 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Procephalotrix · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (Synonym)

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  1. Species Cephalothrix adriatica (Senz, 1993)
  2. Species Cephalothrix aliena Punnett, 1903
  3. Species Cephalothrix arenaria Hylbom, 1957
  4. Species Cephalothrix atlantica Gerner, 1969
  5. Species Cephalothrix bipunctata Bürger, 1892
  6. Species Cephalothrix buergeri Wijnhoff, 1913
  7. Species Cephalothrix fasciculus (Iwata, 1952)
  8. Species Cephalothrix filiformis (Johnston, 1828)
  9. Species Cephalothrix filiformis (sensu Iwata, 1954)
  10. Species Cephalothrix galatheae Dieck, 1874
  11. Species Cephalothrix germanica Gerner, 1969
  12. Species Cephalothrix hermaphroditica (Gibson, Sánchez & Méndez, 1990)
  13. Species Cephalothrix hongkongiensis Sundberg, Gibson & Olsson, 2003
  14. Species Cephalothrix iwatai Chernyshev, 2013
  15. Species Cephalothrix kefersteini Senz, 2000
  16. Species Cephalothrix kiliensis (Friedrich, 1935)
  17. Species Cephalothrix lactea Senz, 1993
  18. Species Cephalothrix linearis (Rathke, 1799)
  19. Species Cephalothrix major Coe, 1930
  20. Species Cephalothrix mediterranea Gerner, 1969
  21. Species Cephalothrix mokievskii (Korotkevich, 1982)
  22. Species Cephalothrix notabilis Iwata, 1954
  23. Species Cephalothrix oestrymnica (Junoy & Gibson, 1991)
  24. Species Cephalothrix orientalis (Gibson, 1990)
  25. Species Cephalothrix pacifica Gerner, 1969
  26. Species Cephalothrix paragermanica Senz, 1993
  27. Species Cephalothrix queenslandica Sunberg, Gibson & Olsson, 2003
  28. Species Cephalothrix quequenensis (Moretto, 1974)
  29. Species Cephalothrix rufifrons (Johnston, 1837)
  30. Species Cephalothrix simula (Iwata, 1952)
  31. Species Cephalothrix spiralis Coe, 1930
  32. Species Cephalothrix suni Chernyshev & Polyakova, 2021
  33. Species Cephalothrix viridis Chapuis, 1886
  34. Species Cephalothrix alba (Gibson & Sundberg, 1992) accepted as Cephalotrichella alba Gibson & Sundberg, 1992 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  35. Species Cephalothrix arenarius (Gibson, 1990) accepted as Cephalothrix hongkongiensis Sundberg, Gibson & Olsson, 2003 (Synonym, replacement name)
  36. Species Cephalothrix biocculata accepted as Cephalothrix rufifrons (Johnston, 1837) (synonym)
  37. Species Cephalothrix bioculata Örsted, 1843 accepted as Cephalothrix linearis (Rathke, 1799) (synonym)
  38. Species Cephalothrix caeca Orsted, 1843 accepted as Cephalothrix linearis (Rathke, 1799) (synonym)
  39. Species Cephalothrix coeca Örsted, 1843 accepted as Cephalothrix linearis (Rathke, 1799) (synonym)
  40. Species Cephalothrix fascicula (Iwata, 1952) accepted as Cephalothrix fasciculus (Iwata, 1952) (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet, fasciculus is a noun)
  41. Species Cephalothrix filum (Quatrefages, 1846) accepted as Cephalothrix rufifrons (Johnston, 1837) (synonym)
  42. Species Cephalothrix fragilis Bürger, 1892 accepted as Cephalotrichella signata (Hubrecht, 1879) (synonym)
  43. Species Cephalothrix gaimardi (Senz, 2000) accepted as Cephalotrichella gaimardi Senz, 2000 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  44. Species Cephalothrix hermaphroditicus (Gibson, Sánchez & Méndez, 1990) accepted as Cephalothrix hermaphroditica (Gibson, Sánchez & Méndez, 1990) (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  45. Species Cephalothrix hymanaeus Bürger, 1892 accepted as Cephalothrix rufifrons (Johnston, 1837) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  46. Species Cephalothrix involuta (van Beneden, 1861) accepted as Carcinonemertes carcinophila (Kölliker, 1845) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  47. Species Cephalothrix kroyeri Diesing, 1850 accepted as Tetrastemma bioculatum Örsted, 1843 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
  48. Species Cephalothrix lineatus accepted as Cephalothrix linearis (Rathke, 1799) (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  49. Species Cephalothrix longissima Keferstein, 1862 accepted as Procephalothrix filiformis (Johnston, 1828) accepted as Cephalothrix filiformis (Johnston, 1828) (synonym)
  50. Species Cephalothrix ocellata Keferstein, 1862 accepted as Cephalothrix rufifrons (Johnston, 1837) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  51. Species Cephalothrix oerstedii Diesing, 1850 accepted as Cephalothrix rufifrons (Johnston, 1837) (unaccepted > unavailable name)
  52. Species Cephalothrix oestrymnicus (Junoy & Gibson, 1991) accepted as Cephalothrix oestrymnica (Junoy & Gibson, 1991) (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  53. Species Cephalothrix rubifrons (Johnston, 1837) accepted as Cephalothrix rufifrons (Johnston, 1837) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, Lapsus calami)
  54. Species Cephalothrix signata Hubrecht, 1879 accepted as Cephalotrichella signata (Hubrecht, 1879) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  55. Species Cephalothrix simila (Iwata, 1952) accepted as Cephalothrix simula (Iwata, 1952) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  56. Species Cephalothrix suni Chernyshev, 2016 accepted as Cephalothrix suni Chernyshev & Polyakova, 2021 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  57. Species Cephalothrix armata Ulyanina, 1870 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  58. Species Cephalothrix lineata Claparède, 1862 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Örsted, A. S. (1843). Forsog til en ny Classification af Planarierne (Planariea Dugès) grundet paa mikroskopisk-anatomiske Undersogelser. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(8): 519–581., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2323275
page(s): 573 [details] OpenAccess publication
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Cephalothrix Örsted, 1843. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122379 on 2025-06-07
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gibson, Raymond
2005-03-01 10:32:16Z
changed
Gibson, Raymond
2019-07-29 16:36:16Z
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Norenburg, Jon
2019-08-03 17:42:14Z
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Norenburg, Jon
2019-08-06 12:15:39Z
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Norenburg, Jon
2024-12-27 12:00:54Z
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Chernyshev, Alexey

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Nomenclature

original description Örsted, A. S. (1843). Forsog til en ny Classification af Planarierne (Planariea Dugès) grundet paa mikroskopisk-anatomiske Undersogelser. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(8): 519–581., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2323275
page(s): 573 [details] OpenAccess publication

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] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Kajihara, H. (2019). Resolving a 200-year-old taxonomic conundrum: neotype designation for <i>Cephalothrix linearis</i> (Nemertea: Palaeonemertea) based on a topotype from Bergen, Norway. <em>Fauna norvegica.</em> 39: 39–76., available online at https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v39i0.2734 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [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  PDF available [request]

 
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Spelling Often incorrectly spelled as Cephalotrix. [details]
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LanguageName 
Japanese プロケファロツリックス属 [from synonym]ケファロツリックス属  [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cephalothrix) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cephalothrix) 
To Genbank (from synonym Procephalothrix Wijnhoff, 1913)
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (1 record) (from synonym Procephalothrix Wijnhoff, 1913)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (13 records) 
To ITIS