WoRMS name details
Meckelia australis Stimpson, 1857
147288 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147288)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Meckelia Leuckart, 1828 accepted as Cerebratulus [Renier], [1804]
marine
Stimpson, W. (1857). Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descrips, Pars II, Turbellarieorum Nemertineorum. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 9: 159-165 [15-22 in separate]. [details] 
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Meckelia australis Stimpson, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147288 on 2025-12-26
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Nomenclature
original description
Stimpson, W. (1857). Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descrips, Pars II, Turbellarieorum Nemertineorum. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 9: 159-165 [15-22 in separate]. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]
