World Nemertea Database - Ommatoplea balmea (Quatrefages, 1846)

WoRMS name details

Ommatoplea balmea (Quatrefages, 1846)

AphiaID

1779775 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1779775)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Emplectonema gracile (Johnston, 1837)

Rank

Species

Parent

Ommatoplea Ehrenberg, 1828

Original name

Nemertes balmea Quatrefages, 1846

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Nemertes balmea 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): 197–199, pl. 9, fig. VI, pl. 11, figs II, IV, pl. 12, fig. II [details]

Taxonomic citation

Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Ommatoplea balmea (Quatrefages, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1779775 on 2025-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2024-11-16 09:47:10Z

created

Kajihara, Hiroshi

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Sources (3)

Nomenclature

original description (of Nemertes balmea 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): 197–199, pl. 9, fig. VI, pl. 11, figs II, IV, pl. 12, fig. II [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): 249 [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Bürger, O. (1904). Nemertini. Das Tierreich. 20: 1–151., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/898990
page(s): 22 [details]