World Nemertea Database

WoRMS name details

Prostoma spectaculum Yamaoka, 1940

176372  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:176372)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Nemertea (Phylum)
  4. Hoplonemertea (Class)
  5. Monostilifera (Order)
  6. Eumonostilifera (Suborder)
  7. Amphiporina (Infraorder)
  8. Prostomatidae (Family)
  9. Prostoma (Genus)
  10. Prostoma spectaculum (Species)
 unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Prostoma spectaculum Yamaoka, 1940. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=176372 on 2025-05-14
Date
action
by
2005-07-20 08:02:52Z
created
Gibson, Raymond
2009-06-23 09:31:51Z
changed
Gibson, Raymond
2020-01-19 16:50:30Z
changed
Norenburg, Jon

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Nomenclature

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]

basis of record Yamaoka, T. (1940). The fauna of Akkeshi Bay. IX. Nemertini. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Ser. 6, Zoology, 7: 205-261, available online at http://133.87.26.249/dspace/bitstream/2115/27028/1/7(3)_P205-263.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

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

Other

additional source Maslakova, S. A.; Norenburg, J. L. (2008). Revision of the smiling worms, genera <i>Prosadenoporus</i> Bürger, 1890 and <i>Pantinonemertes</i> Moore and Gibson, 1981 and description of a new species <i>Prosadenoporus floridensis</i> sp. nov. (Prosorhochmidae; Hoplonemertea; Nemertea) from Florida and Belize. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 42(25–26): 1689–1727., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930802130286 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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