World Nemertea Database - Nemertes opaca (Quatrefages, 1846)

WoRMS name details

Nemertes opaca (Quatrefages, 1846)

AphiaID

607988 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:607988)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Lineus ruber (Müller, 1774)

Rank

Species

Parent

Nemertes Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Lineus Sowerby, 1805

Original name

Polia opaca Quatrefages, 1846

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Polia opaca 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): 202–203 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Nemertes opaca (Quatrefages, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=607988 on 2025-05-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-08-22 15:45:37Z

created

Norenburg, Jon

2024-11-17 10:30:36Z

changed

Kajihara, Hiroshi

Licensing

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Sources (2)

Nomenclature

original description (of Polia opaca 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): 202–203 [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]