WoRMS taxon details
Tetrastemma vermiculus (Quatrefages, 1846)
122806 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122806)
accepted
Species
Borlasia vermiculus · unaccepted (synonym)
Nemertes vermiculus · unaccepted (synonym)
Polia vermiculata · unaccepted (synonym)
Polia vermiculus Quatrefages, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Prostoma flagellatum · unaccepted (synonym)
Prostoma vermicula · unaccepted (synonym)
Prostoma vermiculus · unaccepted (synonym)
Prostoma vermiculus catenulatum · unaccepted (synonym)
Prostoma vermiculus solium · unaccepted (synonym)
Prostoma vermiculus vermiculus · unaccepted (synonym)
marine
Not documented
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and Long Island Sound
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and Long Island Sound [details]
Norenburg, J.; Gibson, R.; Herrera Bachiller, A.; Strand, M. (2024). World Nemertea Database. Tetrastemma vermiculus (Quatrefages, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122806 on 2024-09-18
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basis of record
Gibson, R. (2001). Nemertini (Nemertae), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 152-156 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]
additional source 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 [request]
additional source Miner, R. W. (1950). Field book of seashore life. <em>G.P. Putnam & Sons.</em> 1-888. [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Norenburg, J. L. 2009. Nemertea of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 553–558 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]
additional source 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 [request]
additional source Miner, R. W. (1950). Field book of seashore life. <em>G.P. Putnam & Sons.</em> 1-888. [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Norenburg, J. L. 2009. Nemertea of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 553–558 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
From other sources
Authority (de Quatrefages, 1846) [details]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]
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and Long Island Sound [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]
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Polia vermiculus Quatrefages, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Borlasia vermiculus)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Polia vermiculata)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Prostoma flagellatum)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Nemertes vermiculus)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Prostoma vermiculus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tetrastemma vermiculus)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (5 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096382)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Polia vermiculus Quatrefages, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Borlasia vermiculus)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Polia vermiculata)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Prostoma flagellatum)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Nemertes vermiculus)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Prostoma vermiculus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tetrastemma vermiculus)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (5 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096382)
To ITIS