World Nemertea Database taxon details
original description
Stimpson, W. (1857). Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descrips, Pars II, Turbellarieorum Nemertineorum. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 9: 159-165 [15-22 in separate]. [details] 
taxonomy source
Mendes, C. B.; Delaney, P.; Turbeville, J. M.; Hiebert, T.; Maslakova, S. (2021). Redescription of <i>Emplectonema viride</i> – a ubiquitous intertidal hoplonemertean found along the West Coast of North America. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1031: 1-17., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/59361/list/8/ [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 
additional source
Ellison, C. I.; Frey, M. R.; Sanford, E.; Maslakova, S. (2024). Ribbon worms (phylum Nemertea) from Bodega Bay, California: a largely undescribed diversity. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1204: 15–64., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1204.117869
page(s): 42 [details]
biology source
Mendes, C. B.; Von Dassow, G.; Andrade, S. C. S.; Maslakova, S. (2023). Raising predatory babies: development from fertilization to sexual maturity of the hoplonemertean <i>Emplectonema viride</i> (Nemertea). <em>Marine Biology.</em> 170(11)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-023-04287-0 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Primarily known from Pacific Coast of North America. Previously synonymized with E. gracile. [details]
