WoRMS taxon details
Cephalothrix rufifrons (Johnston, 1837)
122599 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122599)
accepted
Species
Astemma rufifrons (Johnston, 1837) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Borlasia rufifrons Johnston, 1837 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cephalorhrix rufifrons · unaccepted (Spelling Variation/ Synonym)
Cephalothrix biocculata · unaccepted (synonym)
Cephalothrix filum (Quatrefages, 1846) · unaccepted (synonym)
Cephalothrix hymanaeus Bürger, 1892 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cephalothrix ocellata Keferstein, 1862 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cephalothrix oerstedii Diesing, 1850 · unaccepted > unavailable name
Cephalothrix rubifrons (Johnston, 1837) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (Lapsus calami)
Nemertes (Borlasia) rufifrons Johnston, 1837 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Nemertes bioculata Örsted, 1843 · unaccepted (synonym)
Nemertes rufifrons Johnston, 1837 · unaccepted (basionym)
Ommatoplea ocellata (Quatrefages, 1846) · unaccepted (synonym)
Polia filum Quatrefages, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of Nemertes rufifrons Johnston, 1837) Johnston,G.; Sheby, P.J.; Jardine, W. (1837). Miscellanea Zoologica. <em>Magazine of zoology and botany.</em> pp: 530-538, plates 17-18. [details] 
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Cephalothrix rufifrons (Johnston, 1837). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122599 on 2025-06-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Polia filum 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): 207–208, pl. 13, fig. IV [details]
original description (of Nemertes rufifrons Johnston, 1837) Johnston,G.; Sheby, P.J.; Jardine, W. (1837). Miscellanea Zoologica. <em>Magazine of zoology and botany.</em> pp: 530-538, plates 17-18. [details]
original description (of Borlasia rufifrons Johnston, 1837) Johnston, G. (1837). Miscellanea Zoologica. II. A description of some Planarian Worms. <em>Magazine of zoology and botany.</em> 1: 529-538., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40029948 [details]
original description (of Cephalothrix ocellata Keferstein, 1862) Keferstein, W. (1862). Untersuchungen über niedere Seethiere. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 12(1): 1–147 plates 1–11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44977773
page(s): 63–64, pl. VI, figs 11–16 [details]
original description (of Cephalothrix oerstedii Diesing, 1850) Diesing, C.M. [[Karl Moritz, usually as Latin C. M = Carolo Mauritio]. (1850). Systema Helminthum. Vol. I. <em>[book].</em> xiii[xvi] + 679 pp.W. Vindobonae, Braumüller, Wien., available online at https://archive.org/details/systemahelminth00diesgoog/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater
page(s): 246 [details]
original description (of Nemertes bioculata Örsted, 1843) 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 [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): 207–208, pl. 13, fig. IV [details]
original description (of Nemertes rufifrons Johnston, 1837) Johnston,G.; Sheby, P.J.; Jardine, W. (1837). Miscellanea Zoologica. <em>Magazine of zoology and botany.</em> pp: 530-538, plates 17-18. [details]
original description (of Borlasia rufifrons Johnston, 1837) Johnston, G. (1837). Miscellanea Zoologica. II. A description of some Planarian Worms. <em>Magazine of zoology and botany.</em> 1: 529-538., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40029948 [details]
original description (of Cephalothrix ocellata Keferstein, 1862) Keferstein, W. (1862). Untersuchungen über niedere Seethiere. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 12(1): 1–147 plates 1–11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44977773
page(s): 63–64, pl. VI, figs 11–16 [details]
original description (of Cephalothrix oerstedii Diesing, 1850) Diesing, C.M. [[Karl Moritz, usually as Latin C. M = Carolo Mauritio]. (1850). Systema Helminthum. Vol. I. <em>[book].</em> xiii[xvi] + 679 pp.W. Vindobonae, Braumüller, Wien., available online at https://archive.org/details/systemahelminth00diesgoog/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater
page(s): 246 [details]
original description (of Nemertes bioculata Örsted, 1843) 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 [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 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 Senz, W. (1993). Nemertinen europäischer Küstenbereiche (Nebst erganzenden Angaben zur Anatomie von Apatronemertes albimaculosa Wilfert & Gibson 1974). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien Serie B Botanik und Zoologie., 94/95: 47-145, available online at http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/ANNA_94_95B_0047-0145.pdf http://www.jstor.org/stable/41766887 [details] Available for editors
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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 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 Senz, W. (1993). Nemertinen europäischer Küstenbereiche (Nebst erganzenden Angaben zur Anatomie von Apatronemertes albimaculosa Wilfert & Gibson 1974). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien Serie B Botanik und Zoologie., 94/95: 47-145, available online at http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/ANNA_94_95B_0047-0145.pdf http://www.jstor.org/stable/41766887 [details] Available for editors
[request]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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Cephalothrix rufifrons = Cephalothrix bioculata
= Cephalothrix filiformis (partim) [details]
Unreviewed
Publication date (Johnston, 1828) [details]
To Barcode of Life (77 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Nemertes (Borlasia) rufifrons Johnston, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Cephalothrix ocellata Keferstein, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Astemma rufifrons (Johnston, 1837))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cephalothrix filum (Quatrefages, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Nemertes rufifrons Johnston, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Polia filum Quatrefages, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Cephalothrix biocculata)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Borlasia rufifrons Johnston, 1837)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cephalothrix rufifrons)
To GenBank (150 nucleotides; 152 proteins) (from synonym Nemertes rufifrons Johnston, 1837)
To GenBank (150 nucleotides; 152 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Polia filum Quatrefages, 1846)
To PESI (from synonym Cephalothrix filum (Quatrefages, 1846))
To PESI (from synonym Nemertes rufifrons Johnston, 1837)
To PESI (from synonym Borlasia rufifrons Johnston, 1837)
To PESI (from synonym Astemma rufifrons (Johnston, 1837))
To PESI (from synonym Cephalothrix biocculata)
To PESI (from synonym Cephalothrix hymanaeus Bürger, 1892)
To PESI (from synonym Nemertes (Borlasia) rufifrons Johnston, 1837)
To PESI (from synonym Cephalothrix ocellata Keferstein, 1862)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Nemertes (Borlasia) rufifrons Johnston, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Cephalothrix ocellata Keferstein, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Astemma rufifrons (Johnston, 1837))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cephalothrix filum (Quatrefages, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Nemertes rufifrons Johnston, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Polia filum Quatrefages, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Cephalothrix biocculata)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Borlasia rufifrons Johnston, 1837)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cephalothrix rufifrons)
To GenBank (150 nucleotides; 152 proteins) (from synonym Nemertes rufifrons Johnston, 1837)
To GenBank (150 nucleotides; 152 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Polia filum Quatrefages, 1846)
To PESI (from synonym Cephalothrix filum (Quatrefages, 1846))
To PESI (from synonym Nemertes rufifrons Johnston, 1837)
To PESI (from synonym Borlasia rufifrons Johnston, 1837)
To PESI (from synonym Astemma rufifrons (Johnston, 1837))
To PESI (from synonym Cephalothrix biocculata)
To PESI (from synonym Cephalothrix hymanaeus Bürger, 1892)
To PESI (from synonym Nemertes (Borlasia) rufifrons Johnston, 1837)
To PESI (from synonym Cephalothrix ocellata Keferstein, 1862)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Image from synonym