World Nemertea Database - Oerstedia nigra (Riches, 1893)

Traits taxon details

Oerstedia nigra (Riches, 1893)

AphiaID

122820 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122820)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Oerstedia Quatrefages, 1846

Original name

Tetrastemma nigrum Riches, 1893

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Riches, T. H. (1893). A List of the Nemertines of Plymouth Sound. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 3: 1-29, available online at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=4389976&fileId=S0025315400049535 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Oerstedia nigra (Riches, 1893). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122820 on 2025-05-10

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Oerstedia nigra (Riches, 1893). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122820 on 2025-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gibson, Raymond

2005-07-18 07:07:26Z

checked

Gibson, Raymond

2021-01-01 16:23:12Z

changed

Norenburg, Jon

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Riches, T. H. (1893). A List of the Nemertines of Plymouth Sound. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 3: 1-29, available online at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=4389976&fileId=S0025315400049535 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Gibson, R. (2001). Nemertini (Nemertae), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 152-156 (look up in IMIS) [details]

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

additional source Bürger, O. (1904). Nemertini. Das Tierreich. 20: 1–151., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/898990 [details]

source of synonymy Bürger, O. (1895). Die Nemertinen des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel. Zoologischen station zu Neapel. Verlag von R. Friedländer & Sohn, Berlin. 743 pp, 31 plates., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.14030
note: P. 67, in comments to reference 228 [details]

Definitions

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