WoRMS name details

Nemertes gracilis Johnston, 1837

176675  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:176675)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Nemertea (Phylum)
  4. Pilidiophora (Class)
  5. Heteronemertea (Order)
  6. Lineidae (Family)
  7. Nemertes (Genus)
  8. Nemertes gracilis (Species)
 unaccepted (Synonym)
Species
Meckelia gracilis Johnston, 1837 · unaccepted (Synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Johnston, G. (1837). Miscellanea Zoologica. II. A description of some Planarian Worms. <em>Magazine of zoology and botany.</em> 1: 529-538., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40029948
page(s): 534; note: Described within subgenus Nemertes [details] 

(of Nemertes (Nemertes) gracilis Johnston, 1837) Johnston, G. (1837). Miscellanea Zoologica. II. A description of some Planarian Worms. <em>Magazine of zoology and botany.</em> 1: 529-538., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40029948 [details] 
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Nemertes gracilis Johnston, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=176675 on 2025-05-03
Date
action
by
2005-07-22 09:09:42Z
created
Gibson, Raymond
2020-09-26 17:18:52Z
changed
Norenburg, Jon

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Nomenclature

original description Johnston, G. (1837). Miscellanea Zoologica. II. A description of some Planarian Worms. <em>Magazine of zoology and botany.</em> 1: 529-538., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40029948
page(s): 534; note: Described within subgenus Nemertes [details] 

original description (of Nemertes (Nemertes) gracilis Johnston, 1837) Johnston, G. (1837). Miscellanea Zoologica. II. A description of some Planarian Worms. <em>Magazine of zoology and botany.</em> 1: 529-538., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40029948 [details] 

basis of record Gibson, R. (1995). Nemertean genera and species of the world: an annotated checklist of original names and description citations, synonyms, current taxonomic status, habitats and recorded zoogeographic distribution. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 29(2): 271–561., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939500770161 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details] 

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications) 
To GenBank (47 nucleotides; 51 proteins) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (1 record)