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Meckelia ingens Leidy, 1855

147326 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147326)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Nemertea
  4. Pilidiophora
  5. Heteronemertea
  6. Lineidae
  7. Meckelia
  8. Meckelia ingens
 unaccepted (synonym)
Cerebratulus lacteus (Leidy, 1851)
Species
Meckelia Leuckart, 1828 accepted as Cerebratulus [Renier], [1804]
marine
Leidy, J. (1855). Contributions towards a knowledge of the marine Invertebrate fauna of the coasts of Rhode Island and New Jersey. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3(2) no. 11: 135-152, pls. 10-11. (xii-1855)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36848120 [details] OpenAccess publication
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Meckelia ingens Leidy, 1855. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=147326 on 2026-08-29
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Meckelia ingens Leidy, 1855. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=147326 on 2026-08-29
Date
action
by
2005-03-04 13:00:54Z
created
Gibson, Raymond
2024-10-29 06:14:23Z
changed
Maslakova, Svetlana

original description Leidy, J. (1855). Contributions towards a knowledge of the marine Invertebrate fauna of the coasts of Rhode Island and New Jersey. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3(2) no. 11: 135-152, pls. 10-11. (xii-1855)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36848120 [details] OpenAccess publication

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

basis of record Gibson, R. (1995). Nemertean genera and species of the world: an annotated checklist of original names and description citations, synonyms, current taxonomic status, habitats and recorded zoogeographic distribution. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 29(2): 271–561., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939500770161 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

source of synonymy Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) 
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (2 records)