Nomenclature
original description
(of Procephalothrix simula Iwata, 1952) Iwata, F. (1952). Nemertini from the coasts of Kyusyu. Journal of the Faculty of Science Hokkaido University Series 6: Zoology, 11 [4?]: 126-148, available online at http://eprints2008.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2115/27119/1/11(1)_P126-148.pdf [details] Available for editors 
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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. <em>Species Diversity.</em> 13: 245–274., available online at https://doi.org/10.12782/specdiv.13.245 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Kajihara H.; Sun S.-C.; Chernyshev A.V.; Chen H.-X.; Ito K.; Asakawa M.; Maslakova S. A.; Norenburg J. L.; Strand M.; Sundberg P. & Iwata F. (2013). Taxonomic identity of a tetrodotoxin-accumulating ribbon-worm <i>Cephalothrix simula</i> (Nemertea: Palaeonemertea): a species artificially introduced from the Pacific to Europe. <em>Zoological Science.</em> 30(11): 985–997., available online at https://doi.org/10.2108/zsj.30.985 [details] Available for editors [request]
Other
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 26 [details]
additional source
Beckers, P.; Loesel, R.; Bartolomaeus, T. (2013). The nervous systems of basally branching Nemertea (Palaeonemertea). <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 8(6): e66137., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0066137
note: misidentified as Cephalothrix linearis [details]
From editor or global species database
Additional information Morphologically indistinguishable to C hongkongiensis according to Kajihara et al 2013 [details]
Toxicology capable of accumulating high concentration of tetrodotoxin [details]
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