World Nemertea Database

WoRMS name details

Ommatoplea ophiocephala Schmarda, 1859

176634  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:176634)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Nemertea (Phylum)
  4. Hoplonemertea (Class)
  5. Monostilifera (Order)
  6. Monostilifera incertae sedis (Suborder)
  7. Ommatoplea (Genus)
  8. Ommatoplea ophiocephala (Species)
 unaccepted (New combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Schmarda, Ludwig K. (1859). Neue Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden, Beobachtet und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die erde 1853 bis 1857. Erster hälfte. <em>[Book].</em> 66 pp, W. Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50347 [details] OpenAccess publication
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Ommatoplea ophiocephala Schmarda, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=176634 on 2025-05-14
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2005-07-22 09:09:42Z
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Gibson, Raymond
2020-01-20 16:21:10Z
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Norenburg, Jon

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Nomenclature

original description Schmarda, Ludwig K. (1859). Neue Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden, Beobachtet und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die erde 1853 bis 1857. Erster hälfte. <em>[Book].</em> 66 pp, W. Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50347 [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]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Bürger, O. (1904). Nemertini. <em>Das Tierreich.</em> 20: 1–151., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/898990 [details] OpenAccess publication

redescription Wheeler, J. F. G. (1934). Nemerteans from the South Atlantic and southern oceans. Discovery Reports, 9: 215-294 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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