WoRMS name details
Alardus caudatus Busch, 1851
177551 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:177551)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Alardus Busch, 1851 accepted as Micrura Ehrenberg, 1828
marine
Busch, W. (1851). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklung einiger wirbellosen Seethiere. August Hirschwald, Berlin, pp. 143, pls 1-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9996133 [details] 
Note Trieste
Type locality Trieste [details]
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2026). World Nemertea Database. Alardus caudatus Busch, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=177551 on 2026-07-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Busch, W. (1851). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklung einiger wirbellosen Seethiere. August Hirschwald, Berlin, pp. 143, pls 1-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9996133 [details] 
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
McIntosh, W. C. (1873-1874). A monograph of the British Annelids. Pt. I: The Nemerteans. The Ray Society, 1873: pp. 1-96, pls. I-X; 1874: pp. 97-214, pls. xi.-xxiii, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38577661
page(s): 29 [details]
source of synonymy Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]
page(s): 29 [details]
source of synonymy Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Trieste [details]