North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS name details

Nemertes Cuvier, 1816

AphiaID

147060 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147060)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Lineus Sowerby, 1805

Rank

Genus

Parent

Lineidae McIntosh, 1874

Original name

Nemertes Cuvier, 1816

Direct children (7)

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Species Nemertes annellata Leuckart, 1849 accepted as Cerebratulus annellatus (Leuckart, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Nemertes complanatus Kölliker, 1845 accepted as Cerebratulus complanatus (Kölliker, 1845) (basionym)
Species Nemertes ligurica accepted as Cerebratulus liguricus Blanchard, 1849 (synonym)
Species Nemertes polymorpha accepted as Tubulanus polymorphus [Renier], [1804] (synonym)
Species Nemertes rufifrons Johnston, 1837 accepted as Cephalothrix rufifrons (Johnston, 1837) (basionym)
Species Nemertes supera accepted as Tubulanus superbus (Kölliker, 1845) (synonym)
Species Nemertes superbus Kölliker, 1845 accepted as Tubulanus superbus (Kölliker, 1845) (basionym)

Environment

marine

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Nemertes Cuvier, 1816. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147060 on 2026-09-06

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Nemertes Cuvier, 1816. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=147060 on 2026-09-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-03-01 14:19:17Z

created

Gibson, Raymond

2016-03-14 07:05:58Z

changed

Norenburg, Jon

2020-09-26 17:18:52Z

changed

Norenburg, Jon