WoRMS taxon details
Tetrastemma nigrifrons Coe, 1904
162358 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:162358)
accepted
Species
Prostoma nigrifrons (Coe, 1904) · unaccepted (synonym)
Quasitetrastemma nigrifrons (Coe, 1904) · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Tetrastemma nigrifrons var. bicolor Coe, 1904 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tetrastemma nigrifrons var. pallidum Coe, 1904 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tetrastemma nigrifrons var. purpuratum Coe, 1940 · unaccepted
Tetrastemma nigrifrons var. purpureum Coe, 1904 · unaccepted
Tetrastemma nigrifrons var. zonatum Coe, 1940 · unaccepted
- Variety Tetrastemma nigrifrons var. aequicolor Chernyshev, 1998 accepted as Tetrastemma aequicolor Chernyshev, 2024 (unaccepted > unavailable name, synonym)
marine
Coe, W. R. (1904). Nemerteans of the Pacific Coast of North America: Pt. II, pp. 111-220; Edited by C. Hart Merriam. Harriman Alaska Expedition Series, Part II [details] Available for editors 
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Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2026). World Nemertea Database. Tetrastemma nigrifrons Coe, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=162358 on 2026-01-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Coe, W. R. (1904). Nemerteans of the Pacific Coast of North America: Pt. II, pp. 111-220; Edited by C. Hart Merriam. Harriman Alaska Expedition Series, Part II [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Tetrastemma nigrifrons var. bicolor Coe, 1904) Coe, W. R. (1904). Nemerteans of the Pacific Coast of North America: Pt. II, pp. 111-220; Edited by C. Hart Merriam. Harriman Alaska Expedition Series, Part II [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Tetrastemma nigrifrons var. pallidum Coe, 1904) Coe, W. R. (1904). Nemerteans of the Pacific Coast of North America: Pt. II, pp. 111-220; Edited by C. Hart Merriam. Harriman Alaska Expedition Series, Part II [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Tetrastemma nigrifrons var. zonatum Coe, 1940) Coe, W. R. (1940). Revision of the nemertean fauna of the Pacific coasts of North, Central and northern South America. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 2, No. 13: 247-322 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Tetrastemma nigrifrons var. purpuratum Coe, 1940) Coe, W. R. (1940). Revision of the nemertean fauna of the Pacific coasts of North, Central and northern South America. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 2, No. 13: 247-322 [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
[request]original description (of Tetrastemma nigrifrons var. bicolor Coe, 1904) Coe, W. R. (1904). Nemerteans of the Pacific Coast of North America: Pt. II, pp. 111-220; Edited by C. Hart Merriam. Harriman Alaska Expedition Series, Part II [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Tetrastemma nigrifrons var. pallidum Coe, 1904) Coe, W. R. (1904). Nemerteans of the Pacific Coast of North America: Pt. II, pp. 111-220; Edited by C. Hart Merriam. Harriman Alaska Expedition Series, Part II [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Tetrastemma nigrifrons var. zonatum Coe, 1940) Coe, W. R. (1940). Revision of the nemertean fauna of the Pacific coasts of North, Central and northern South America. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 2, No. 13: 247-322 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Tetrastemma nigrifrons var. purpuratum Coe, 1940) Coe, W. R. (1940). Revision of the nemertean fauna of the Pacific coasts of North, Central and northern South America. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 2, No. 13: 247-322 [details] Available for editors
[request]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
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additional source
Ellison, C. I.; Frey, M. R.; Sanford, E.; Maslakova, S. (2024). Ribbon worms (phylum Nemertea) from Bodega Bay, California: a largely undescribed diversity. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1204: 15–64., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1204.117869
page(s): 45 [details]
page(s): 45 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | メノコヒモムシ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes) (from synonym Quasitetrastemma nigrifrons (Coe, 1904))
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Prostoma nigrifrons (Coe, 1904))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Quasitetrastemma nigrifrons (Coe, 1904))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Quasitetrastemma nigrifrons) (from synonym Quasitetrastemma nigrifrons (Coe, 1904))
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 22 proteins) (from synonym Quasitetrastemma nigrifrons (Coe, 1904))
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (13 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Prostoma nigrifrons (Coe, 1904))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Quasitetrastemma nigrifrons (Coe, 1904))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Quasitetrastemma nigrifrons) (from synonym Quasitetrastemma nigrifrons (Coe, 1904))
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 22 proteins) (from synonym Quasitetrastemma nigrifrons (Coe, 1904))
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (13 records)
To ITIS
