World Nemertea Database - Nemertes spectabilis (Quatrefages, 1846)

WoRMS name details

Nemertes spectabilis (Quatrefages, 1846)

AphiaID

175852 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:175852)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Drepanophorus spectabilis (Quatrefages, 1846)

Rank

Species

Parent

Nemertes Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Lineus Sowerby, 1805

Original name

Cerebratulus spectabilis Quatrefages, 1846

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Cerebratulus spectabilis Quatrefages, 1846) Quatrefages, A. (1846). Étude sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des annelés. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie. 6: 173–303., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408183
page(s): 219–220, pl. 10, fig. VII [details]

Taxonomic citation

Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Nemertes spectabilis (Quatrefages, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=175852 on 2025-05-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-18 07:07:26Z

created

Gibson, Raymond

2020-01-26 16:07:48Z

changed

Norenburg, Jon

2024-11-17 10:30:36Z

changed

Kajihara, Hiroshi

Licensing

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Sources (3)
Links (1)

Nomenclature

original description (of Cerebratulus spectabilis Quatrefages, 1846) Quatrefages, A. (1846). Étude sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des annelés. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie. 6: 173–303., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408183
page(s): 219–220, pl. 10, fig. VII [details]

new combination reference Diesing, C.M. [[Karl Moritz, usually as Latin C. M = Carolo Mauritio]. (1850). Systema Helminthum. Vol. I. [book]. xiii[xvi] + 679 pp.W. Vindobonae, Braumüller, Wien., available online at https://archive.org/details/systemahelminth00diesgoog/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater
page(s): 272 [details]

Taxonomy

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

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)