WoRMS name details
Ommatoplea Ehrenberg, 1828
176085 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:176085)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (may be a senior synonym of Tetranemertes)
Genus
Ommatoplea taeniata Ehrenberg, 1828 (type by monotypy)
- Species Ommatoplea rosea Müller, 1774
- Species Ommatoplea punctata (Delle Chiaje, 1828) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Ommatoplea taeniata Ehrenberg, 1828 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Ommatoplea alba (Thompson, 1845) accepted as Amphiporus lactifloreus (Johnston, 1828) (synonym)
- Species Ommatoplea albicans (Ehrenberg, 1828) accepted as Amphiporus albicans Ehrenberg, 1831 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ommatoplea balmea accepted as Emplectonema gracile (Johnston, 1837) (synonym)
- Species Ommatoplea balmea (Quatrefages, 1846) accepted as Emplectonema gracile (Johnston, 1837) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ommatoplea bembix (Quatrefages, 1846) accepted as Nipponnemertes pulchra (Johnston, 1837) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ommatoplea berea (Quatrefages, 1846) accepted as Amphiporus lactifloreus (Johnston, 1828) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ommatoplea glauca (Quatrefages, 1846) accepted as Amphiporus lactifloreus (Johnston, 1828) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ommatoplea gracilis (Johnston, 1737) accepted as Emplectonema gracile (Johnston, 1837) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ommatoplea grubei Diesing, 1850 accepted as Amphiporus grubei (Diesing, 1850) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ommatoplea ophiocephala Schmarda, 1859 accepted as Emplectonema ophiocephala (Schmarda, 1859) accepted as Emplectonema ophiocephalum (Schmarda, 1859) (New combination)
- Species Ommatoplea pellucida (Örsted, 1843) accepted as Amphiporus pellucidus (Örsted, 1843) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ommatoplea peronea (Quatrefages, 1846) accepted as Nemertopsis bivittata (Delle Chiaje, 1841) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ommatoplea polii Diesing, 1850 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Ommatoplea pulchra (Johnston, 1837) accepted as Nipponnemertes pulchra (Johnston, 1837) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ommatoplea rubra (Müller, 1774) accepted as Lineus ruber (Müller, 1774) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ommatoplea stimpsonii Girard in Stimpson, 1854 accepted as Amphiporus stimpsonii (Girard in Stimpson, 1854) (synonym)
- Species Ommatoplea violacea (Quatrefages, 1846) accepted as Amphiporus lactifloreus (Johnston, 1828) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Ehrenberg, C. G. (1828-1831). Phytozoa turbellaria Africana et Asiatica in Phytozoorum Tabula IV et V delineata. In: Hemprich, F.G., Ehrenberg, C.G. (Eds.), Symbolae physicae, seu icones et descriptiones corporum naturalium novorum aut minus cognitorum quae ex itineribus per Libyam, Aegyptium, Nubiam, Dongalum, Syriam, Arabiam, et Habessiniam, pars zoologica II, animalia evertebrata exclusis insecti. <em>Berlin: Officina Academica.</em> 53-67 + Plates IV-V., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48517191 [details]
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2026). World Nemertea Database. Ommatoplea Ehrenberg, 1828. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=176085 on 2026-09-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Ehrenberg, C. G. (1828-1831). Phytozoa turbellaria Africana et Asiatica in Phytozoorum Tabula IV et V delineata. In: Hemprich, F.G., Ehrenberg, C.G. (Eds.), Symbolae physicae, seu icones et descriptiones corporum naturalium novorum aut minus cognitorum quae ex itineribus per Libyam, Aegyptium, Nubiam, Dongalum, Syriam, Arabiam, et Habessiniam, pars zoologica II, animalia evertebrata exclusis insecti. <em>Berlin: Officina Academica.</em> 53-67 + Plates IV-V., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48517191 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Abato, J. C.; Hookabe, N.; Kajihara, H. (2025). Species diversity of <em>Tetranemertes</em> (Nemertea: Monostilifera) in Japan. <em>Species Diversity.</em> 30(1): 71-83., available online at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/specdiv/30/1/30_SD24-29/_article/-char/en [details] Available for editors 
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