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World Nemertea Database taxon detailsAmphiporus griseus (Stimpson, 1855)
156294 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156294)
accepted
Species
Polia grisea Stimpson, 1855 · unaccepted (synonym)
Polina grisea (Stimpson, 1855) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine,
(of Polina grisea (Stimpson, 1855)) Stimpson, W.; Ringgold, C.; Rodgers, J.;. (1857). Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in expeditione ad oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, Johanne Rogers duce a Republica Federata missa. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 9: 159-165., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6330429#page/176/mode/1up
page(s): 164 [details]
Distribution Maine coastline down to Florida
Distribution Maine coastline down to Florida [details]
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Amphiporus griseus (Stimpson, 1855). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Nemertea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156294 on 2025-05-21
Date action by
original description
(of Polina grisea (Stimpson, 1855)) Stimpson, W.; Ringgold, C.; Rodgers, J.;. (1857). Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in expeditione ad oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, Johanne Rogers duce a Republica Federata missa. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 9: 159-165., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6330429#page/176/mode/1up
page(s): 164 [details] basis of record Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  additional source Gosner, K.L. (1979). A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore. Invertebrates and Seaweeds of the Atlantic Coast from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras. <em>Wiley-Interscience, Boston.</em> 329pp., figs. 1-72, pls. 1-64. [pdf copepods only]. [details] Available for editors additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet generally for group, they are carnivorous; in some cases only the body juices are ingested but the whole prey may be taken in. feed on protozoans, other microfauna and at times prey their own size [details]Dimensions length up to 30 mm by 2 mm [details] Distribution Maine coastline down to Florida [details] Habitat benthic, living under rocks or in burrows in soft substrata, or crawling among algae, hydroids, or in bottom debris [details] Reproduction sexes are separate; fertilization is external for most species. Asexual reproduction also occurs by fragmentation [details] remark species fragment easily when handled [details] |
