Nomenclature
original description
Stimpson, W. (1857). Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descrips, Pars II, Turbellarieorum Nemertineorum. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 9: 159-165 [15-22 in separate]. [details] 
original description
(of Meckelia olivacea Stimpson, 1855) Stimpson, W. (1855). Descriptions of some new marine Invertebrata. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 7(10): 385-394., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1694499 [details] 
basis of record
Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Meckelia olivacea sensu Stimpson, 1855; not Meckelia olivacea sensu Rathke (1843) [details]