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Meckelia knerii
Diesing, 1850
AphiaID
147319
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147319)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
Nemertea
Pilidiophora
Heteronemertea
Lineidae
Meckelia
Meckelia knerii
Status
unaccepted
(basionym)
Accepted name
Cerebratulus knerii
(Diesing, 1850)
accepted as
Notospermus geniculatus
(Delle Chiaje, 1822)
Rank
Species
Parent
Meckelia
Leuckart, 1828
accepted as
Cerebratulus
[Renier], [1804]
Original name
Meckelia knerii
Diesing, 1850
Environment
marine
Original description
Diesing, C.M. [[Karl Moritz, usually as Latin C. M = Carolo Mauritio]. (1850). Systema Helminthum. Vol. I. <em>[book].</em> xiii[xvi] + 679 pp.W. Vindobonae, Braumušller, Wien.
,
available online at
https://archive.org/details/systemahelminth00diesgoog/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater
page(s): 265
[details]
Taxonomic citation
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database.
Meckelia knerii
Diesing, 1850. 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=147319 on 2026-09-04
Regional species database citation
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species.
Meckelia knerii
Diesing, 1850. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=147319 on 2026-09-04
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
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2005-03-04 13:00:54Z
created
Gibson, Raymond
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original description
Diesing, C.M. [[Karl Moritz, usually as Latin C. M = Carolo Mauritio]. (1850). Systema Helminthum. Vol. I. <em>[book].</em> xiii[xvi] + 679 pp.W. Vindobonae, Braumušller, Wien.
,
available online at
https://archive.org/details/systemahelminth00diesgoog/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater
page(s): 265
[details]
source of synonymy
Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK.
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