World Nemertea Database - Cerebratulus lacteus (Leidy, 1851)

Traits taxon details

Cerebratulus lacteus (Leidy, 1851)

AphiaID

147322 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147322)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Cerebratulus [Renier], [1804]

Original name

Meckelia lactea Leidy, 1851

Synonymised names

Cerebratulus lactea (Leidy, 1855) · unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet

Micrura lactea (Hubrecht) · unaccepted (synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Leidy, J. (1852). Helminthological Contributions No. 3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia,. 5: 239–244. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Cerebratulus lacteus (Leidy, 1851). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147322 on 2025-05-06

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Cerebratulus lacteus (Leidy, 1851). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147322 on 2025-05-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-03-04 13:00:54Z

created

Gibson, Raymond

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Leidy, J. (1852). Helminthological Contributions No. 3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia,. 5: 239–244. [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

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

additional source Bromley, J.E.C. & J.S. Bleakney. (1985). Keys to the fauna and flora of Minas Basin. National Research Council of Canada Report, Halifax, N.S. 24119: 366 PP. [details]

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London. 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p. [details]

additional source Meinkoth, N. A. (1981). Field guide to North American seashore creatures. The Audubon Society. 1-799. [details]

additional source Miner, R. W. (1950). Field book of seashore life. G.P. Putnam & Sons. 1-888. [details]

additional source Norenburg, J. L. 2009. Nemertea of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 553–558 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

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

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

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (115 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Micrura lactea (Hubrecht))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Cerebratulus lactea (Leidy, 1855))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cerebratulus lacteus)
To GenBank (122 nucleotides; 130 proteins) (from synonym Micrura lactea (Hubrecht))
To GenBank (122 nucleotides; 130 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Micrura lactea (Hubrecht))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (239 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 101762)
To ITIS

Unreviewed

To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 101762)

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