WoRMS taxon details
Amphiporus ochraceus (Verrill, 1873)
156301 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156301)
accepted
Species
Amphiporus ocraceus (Verrill, 1873) · unaccepted (Lapsus calami)
Cosmocephala ochracea Verrill, 1873 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Maine coastline down to Florida
Distribution Maine coastline down to Florida [details]
Norenburg, J.; Gibson, R.; Herrera Bachiller, A.; Strand, M. (2024). World Nemertea Database. Amphiporus ochraceus (Verrill, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156301 on 2024-08-15
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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
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additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
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
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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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
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
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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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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From other sources
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 40 mm by 3 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]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Cosmocephala ochracea Verrill, 1873)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amphiporus ochraceus)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Cosmocephala ochracea Verrill, 1873)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (28 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096458)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Cosmocephala ochracea Verrill, 1873)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amphiporus ochraceus)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Cosmocephala ochracea Verrill, 1873)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (28 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096458)
To ITIS