World Nemertea Database

WoRMS name details

Drepanophorus lankesteri Hubrecht, 1887

159495  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159495)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Nemertea (Phylum)
  4. Hoplonemertea (Class)
  5. Polystilifera (Order)
  6. Reptantia (Suborder)
  7. Eureptantia (Infraorder)
  8. Drepanophoridae (Family)
  9. Drepanophorus (Genus)
  10. Drepanophorus lankesteri (Species)
 unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine
Not documented
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras  
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras [details]
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Drepanophorus lankesteri Hubrecht, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159495 on 2025-05-03
Date
action
by
2005-05-30 08:27:04Z
created
Claus, Simon
2005-07-18 07:07:26Z
changed
Gibson, Raymond
2024-10-29 06:14:23Z
changed
Maslakova, Svetlana

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Nomenclature

basis of record 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]

basis of record Gibson, R. (1995). Nemertean genera and species of the world: an annotated checklist of original names and description citations, synonyms, current taxonomic status, habitats and recorded zoogeographic distribution. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 29(2): 271–561., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939500770161 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

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

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Diet generally for group, they are carnivorous; in some cases only the body juices are ingested but the whole prey may be taken in. feed on protozoans, other microfauna and at times prey their own size [details]

Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras [details]

Habitat benthic, living under rocks or in burrows in soft substrata, or crawling among algae, hydroids, or in bottom debris [details]

Reproduction sexes are separate; fertilization is external for most species. Asexual reproduction also occurs by fragmentation [details]

remark species fragment easily when handled [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) 
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