World Nemertea Database - Cephalothrix filiformis (Johnston, 1828)

WoRMS taxon details

Cephalothrix filiformis (Johnston, 1828)

Cephalothrix longissima Keferstein, 1862

AphiaID

573286 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:573286)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Cephalothrix Örsted, 1843

Original name

Planaria filiformis Johnston, 1828

Synonymised names

Astemma filiformis (Johnston, 1828) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Borlasia filiformis (Johnston, 1828) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Cephalothrix longissima Keferstein, 1862 · unaccepted (synonym)

Gordius gracilis Dalyell, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Planaria filiformis Johnston, 1828 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Procephalothrix filiformis (Johnston, 1828) · unaccepted

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Planaria filiformis Johnston, 1828) Johnston, G. (1828). Contributions to the British fauna. Zoological Journal. 4(13): 52–57., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2310431
page(s): 56–57 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Cephalothrix filiformis (Johnston, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=573286 on 2025-05-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-05-26 16:05:56Z

created

Norenburg, Jon

2019-07-29 16:36:16Z

changed

Norenburg, Jon

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Planaria filiformis Johnston, 1828) Johnston, G. (1828). Contributions to the British fauna. Zoological Journal. 4(13): 52–57., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2310431
page(s): 56–57 [details]

original description (of Cephalothrix longissima Keferstein, 1862) Keferstein, W. (1862). Untersuchungen über niedere Seethiere. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 12(1): 1–147 plates 1–11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44977773
page(s): 65–66, pl. VI, figs 6–10 [details]

original description (of Gordius gracilis Dalyell, 1853) Dalyell, J. G. (1853). The Powers of the Creator Displayed in the Creation: or, Observations on Life Amidst the Various Forms of the Humbler Tribes of Animated Nature: with Practical Comments and Illustrations. Volume II. xiii + 359 pp., 46 pls. John van Voorst. London., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18804951 [details]

basis of record Kajihara, H.; Chernyshev, A. V.; Sun, S.; Sundberg, P.; Crandall, F. B. (2008). Checklist of nemertean genera and species (Nemertea) published between 1995 and 2007. Species Diversity. 13: 245–274., available online at https://doi.org/10.12782/specdiv.13.245 [details]

Other

additional source Beckers, P.; Loesel, R.; Bartolomaeus, T. (2013). The nervous systems of basally branching Nemertea (Palaeonemertea). PLoS ONE. 8(6): e66137., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0066137
note: as Procephalothrix filiformis [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Procephalothrix filiformis (Johnston, 1828))
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Cephalothrix longissima Keferstein, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Gordius gracilis Dalyell, 1853)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Astemma filiformis (Johnston, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Borlasia filiformis (Johnston, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Planaria filiformis Johnston, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cephalothrix filiformis)
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 25 proteins) (from synonym Planaria filiformis Johnston, 1828)
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 25 proteins) (from synonym Procephalothrix filiformis (Johnston, 1828))
To PESI (from synonym Procephalothrix filiformis (Johnston, 1828))
To PESI (from synonym Planaria filiformis Johnston, 1828)
To PESI (from synonym Astemma filiformis (Johnston, 1828))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Gordius gracilis Dalyell, 1853)
To PESI (from synonym Borlasia filiformis (Johnston, 1828))
To PESI (from synonym Cephalothrix longissima Keferstein, 1862)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (4 records) (from synonym Procephalothrix filiformis (Johnston, 1828))

From editor or global species database

Cephalothrix longissima Keferstein, 1862

Image from synonym

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