WoRMS taxon details
Micrura affinis (Stimpson, 1854)
Nemertes affinis · unaccepted (synonym)
Polia affinis · unaccepted (synonym)
Poseidon affinis Girard, 1854 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine
Not documented
Distribution Nova Scotia to Cape Cod, including Cobscook Bay
Distribution Nova Scotia to Cape Cod, including Cobscook Bay [details]
Norenburg, J.; Gibson, R.; Herrera Bachiller, A.; Strand, M. (2024). World Nemertea Database. Micrura affinis (Stimpson, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155903 on 2024-04-16
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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 Miner, R. W. (1950). Field book of seashore life. <em>G.P. Putnam & Sons.</em> 1-888. [details]
additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [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 [request]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
[request] 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 Miner, R. W. (1950). Field book of seashore life. <em>G.P. Putnam & Sons.</em> 1-888. [details]
additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [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
[request] additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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 150 mm by 4 mm [details]
Distribution Nova Scotia to Cape Cod, including Cobscook Bay [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 (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Poseidon affinis Girard, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Nemertes affinis)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Polia affinis)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (1 record) (from synonym Nemertes affinis)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (20 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096464)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Poseidon affinis Girard, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Nemertes affinis)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Polia affinis)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (1 record) (from synonym Nemertes affinis)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (20 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096464)
To ITIS
