WoRMS name details
Nemertes spectabilis (Quatrefages, 1846)
175852 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:175852)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Nemertes Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Lineus Sowerby, 1805
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cerebratulus spectabilis Quatrefages, 1846) Quatrefages, A. (1846). Étude sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des annelés. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie.</em> 6: 173–303., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408183
page(s): 219–220, pl. 10, fig. VII [details]
page(s): 219–220, pl. 10, fig. VII [details]
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2026). 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 2026-07-26
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cerebratulus spectabilis Quatrefages, 1846) Quatrefages, A. (1846). Étude sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des annelés. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie.</em> 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. <em>[book].</em> 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]
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. <em>[book].</em> 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]
