World Nemertea Database - Meckelia fragilis Girard, 1851

WoRMS name details

Meckelia fragilis Girard, 1851

AphiaID

177524 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:177524)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted name

Micrura leidyi (Verrill, 1892)

Rank

Species

Parent

Meckelia Leuckart, 1828 accepted as Cerebratulus [Renier], [1804]

Original name

Meckelia fragilis Girard, 1851

Environment

marine

Original description

Girard, C. (1851). Die Planarien und Nemertinen Nordamerika's. In: Keller und Tiedemmann (eds) Nordamerikanische Monatsberichte für Natur- und Heilkunde. John Weik, Philadelphia. 2(7): 1–5.
page(s): 4–5 [details]

Type data

Note Boston, MA, USA

Type locality Boston, MA, USA [details]

Taxonomic citation

Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Meckelia fragilis Girard, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=177524 on 2025-05-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-26 08:26:16Z

created

Gibson, Raymond

2024-10-29 06:14:23Z

changed

Maslakova, Svetlana

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Girard, C. (1851). Die Planarien und Nemertinen Nordamerika's. In: Keller und Tiedemmann (eds) Nordamerikanische Monatsberichte für Natur- und Heilkunde. John Weik, Philadelphia. 2(7): 1–5.
page(s): 4–5 [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. Journal of Natural History. 29(2): 271–561., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939500770161 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomy

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

source of synonymy Bürger, O. (1904). Nemertini. Das Tierreich. 20: 1–151., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/898990
page(s): 114 [details]

From editor or global species database

Type locality Boston, MA, USA [details]

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)