World Nemertea Database

WoRMS name details

Amphiporus groenlandicus Örsted, 1843

122660  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122660)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Nemertea (Phylum)
  4. Hoplonemertea (Class)
  5. Monostilifera (Order)
  6. Eumonostilifera (Suborder)
  7. Amphiporina (Infraorder)
  8. Amphiporidae (Family)
  9. Amphiporus (Genus)
  10. Amphiporus groenlandicus (Species)
uncertain > nomen dubium
Species
Borlasia groenlandica (Örsted, 1843) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Neesia groenlandica · unaccepted (synonym)
marine
Örsted, A. S. (1843). Forsog til en ny Classification af Planarierne (Planariea Dugès) grundet paa mikroskopisk-anatomiske Undersogelser. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(8): 519–581., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2323275 [details] OpenAccess publication
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras, including Cobscook Bay  
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras, including Cobscook Bay [details]

Taxonomy Suborder: Monostilifera, according to Trott (2004).. species fragment easily when handled  
Taxonomy Suborder: Monostilifera, according to Trott (2004).. species fragment easily when handled [details]
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Amphiporus groenlandicus Örsted, 1843. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122660 on 2025-05-04
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gibson, Raymond
2005-07-18 07:07:26Z
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Gibson, Raymond
2024-10-29 06:14:23Z
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Maslakova, Svetlana
2024-11-18 11:36:38Z
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Kajihara, Hiroshi

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Nomenclature

original description Örsted, A. S. (1843). Forsog til en ny Classification af Planarierne (Planariea Dugès) grundet paa mikroskopisk-anatomiske Undersogelser. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(8): 519–581., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2323275 [details] OpenAccess publication

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]

Other

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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  PDF available [request]

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] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
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]

Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras, including Cobscook Bay [details]

Habitat benthic, living under rocks or in burrows in soft substrata, or crawling among algae, hydroids, or in bottom debris [details]

Reproduction sexes are separate; fertilization is external for most species. Asexual reproduction also occurs by fragmentation [details]

Taxonomy Suborder: Monostilifera, according to Trott (2004).. species fragment easily when handled [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Neesia groenlandica)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Borlasia groenlandica (Örsted, 1843))
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (6 records) 
To ITIS
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