WoRMS taxon details
Cerebratulus marginatus Renier, 1804
122478 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122478)
accepted
Species
Avenardia alileuti Giard, 1878 · unaccepted (synonym)
Avenardia priei · unaccepted (synonym)
Borlasia alileuti · unaccepted (synonym)
Cerebratulus angulosus Haddon, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cerebratulus fragilis · unaccepted (synonym)
Cerebratulus grandis · unaccepted (synonym)
Cerebratulus spraguei · unaccepted (synonym)
Gordius fragilis · unaccepted (synonym)
Lineus beattiaei (Gray, 1857) · unaccepted (Synonym)
Meckelia beattiaei (Gray, 1857) · unaccepted (Synonym)
Meckelia serpentaria Diesing, 1850 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Meckelia somatotomus Leuckart, 1828 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Nemertes somatotomus · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophyocephalus bilineata · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophyocephalus bilineatus · unaccepted (synonym)
Polia siphunculus Delle Chiaje, 1828 · unaccepted (synonym)
Serpentaria beattiei (Gray, 1857) · unaccepted (Synonym)
marine
[Renier, S. A.]. ([1804]). Prospetto della Classe dei Vermi Nominati e Ordinati secondo il Sistema di Bosc [Work No. 25 on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Works in Zoological Nomenclature; see ICZN Opinion 316.]. <em>[Page proofs of introductory book text in folio sheets, never published].</em> xv-xxvi [Padua, Italy]. [details]

Distribution Arctic south to Cape Cod and Rhode Island
Taxonomy species fragment easily when handled
Distribution Arctic south to Cape Cod and Rhode Island [details]
Taxonomy species fragment easily when handled
Taxonomy species fragment easily when handled [details]
Norenburg, J.; Gibson, R.; Herrera Bachiller, A.; Strand, M. (2023). World Nemertea Database. Cerebratulus marginatus Renier, 1804. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122478 on 2023-09-29
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original description
[Renier, S. A.]. ([1804]). Prospetto della Classe dei Vermi Nominati e Ordinati secondo il Sistema di Bosc [Work No. 25 on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Works in Zoological Nomenclature; see ICZN Opinion 316.]. <em>[Page proofs of introductory book text in folio sheets, never published].</em> xv-xxvi [Padua, Italy]. [details]
original description (of Meckelia serpentaria Diesing, 1850) Diesing, C.M. (1850). Systema Helminthum. Vol. I. 1-679. [details]
basis of record Gibson, R. (2001). Nemertini (Nemertae), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 152-156 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]
additional source 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
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additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

original description (of Meckelia serpentaria Diesing, 1850) Diesing, C.M. (1850). Systema Helminthum. Vol. I. 1-679. [details]

basis of record Gibson, R. (2001). Nemertini (Nemertae), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 152-156 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]
additional source 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

additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]





From editor or global species database
Synonymy Cerebratulus marginatus= ?Cerebratulus angulatus (partim)
= Cerebratulus bilineatus (partim)
= Cerebratulus fuscus (partim) [details]
Synonymy Cerebratulus marginatus (partim) = Paradrepanophorus crassus [details]
Synonymy Cerebratulus marginatus (partim) = Cerebratulus pantherinus [details]
From other sources
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]Dimensions length up to 1 m by 12 mm [details]
Distribution Arctic south to Cape Cod and Rhode Island [details]
Habitat infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Reproduction sexes are separate; fertilization is external for most species. Asexual reproduction also occurs by fragmentation [details]
Taxonomy species fragment easily when handled [details]
Language | Name | |
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Danish | bred slimbændel | [details] |
English | black ribbon worm | [details] |
German | Schwarzer SchnurwurmSchwarze Nemertine | [details] |
Japanese | オロチヒモムシ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cerebratulus spraguei)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (118 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Cerebratulus fragilis)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Gordius fragilis)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Avenardia priei)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Cerebratulus grandis)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Avenardia priei)
To PESI (from synonym Avenardia alileuti Giard, 1878)
To PESI (from synonym Cerebratulus angulosus Haddon, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Cerebratulus grandis)
To PESI (from synonym Cerebratulus fragilis)
To PESI (from synonym Gordius fragilis)
To PESI (from synonym Cerebratulus spraguei)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (36 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cerebratulus spraguei)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (118 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Cerebratulus fragilis)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Gordius fragilis)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Avenardia priei)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Cerebratulus grandis)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Avenardia priei)
To PESI (from synonym Avenardia alileuti Giard, 1878)
To PESI (from synonym Cerebratulus angulosus Haddon, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Cerebratulus grandis)
To PESI (from synonym Cerebratulus fragilis)
To PESI (from synonym Gordius fragilis)
To PESI (from synonym Cerebratulus spraguei)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (36 records)
To ITIS