World Nemertea Database

WoRMS taxon details

Carcinonemertes carcinophila (Kölliker, 1845)

122701  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122701)

accepted
Species
Baseodiscus xanthophila (Giard, 1888) · unaccepted (synonym)
Carcinonemertes carcinophila imminuta · unaccepted (synonym)
Cephalothrix involuta (van Beneden, 1861) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nemertes cartinophilos Kölliker, 1845 · unaccepted > superseded combination (synonym)
Polia carcinophila (Kölliker, 1845) · unaccepted (synonym)
Polia involuta van Beneden, 1861 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Polia xanthopila Giard, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)
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 Nemertes cartinophilos Kölliker, 1845) 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: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122701 on 2025-05-07
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2005-07-18 07:07:26Z
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Nomenclature

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 Nemertes cartinophilos Kölliker, 1845) 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 Polia involuta van Beneden, 1861) Beneden, P. -J. van. (1861). Recherches sur la faune littorale de Belgique. Turbellariés. <em>Memoires de l'Academie royale des sciences de Belgique.</em> 32: 3–56, 7 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32732165
page(s): 18 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Polia xanthopila Giard, 1888) Giard, A. (1888). Le laboratoire de Wimereux en 1888 (Recherches faunistiques). [The Wimereux laboratory in 1888 (Faunistic research).]. <em>Bulletin Scientifique de la France et de la Belgique.</em> 19(3): 492-513.
page(s): 496 [details] OpenAccess publication

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Bürger, O. (1904). Nemertini. <em>Das Tierreich.</em> 20: 1–151., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/898990 [details] OpenAccess publication

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  PDF available [request]

Other

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]

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  PDF available [request]

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  PDF available [request]

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] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   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]
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