WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Gordius fragilis Dalyell, 1853) Dalyell, J. G. (1853). The Powers of the Creator Displayed in the Creation: or, Observations on Life Amidst the Various Forms of the Humbler Tribes of Animated Nature: with Practical Comments and Illustrations. Volume II. xiii + 359 pp., 46 pls. John van Voorst. London., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18804951 [details]
original description
(of Meckelia serpentaria Diesing, 1850) Diesing, C.M. (1850). Systema Helminthum. Vol. I. 1-679. [details]
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
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
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
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]
status source
ICZN. (1957). Opinion 477 (Case 1095) Validation under the Plenary Powers of the generic name Cerebratulus [Renier], [1804], and of the specific name marginatus [Renier], [1804], as used by the foregoing author in the combination Cerebratulus marginatus (class Nemertea) (Opinion supplementary to Opinion 427). <em>Opinions and Declarations rendered by the ICZN, 16(20): 343-352.</em> , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34657298 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (unavailable nomenclaturally)
[Renier, S. A.]. ([1804]). Prospetto della Classe dei Vermi Nominati e Ordinati secondo il Sistema di Bosc [Work No. 25 on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Works in Zoological Nomenclature; see ICZN Opinion 316.]. <em>[Page proofs of introductory book text in folio sheets, never published].</em> xv-xxvi [Padua, Italy]. [details]
From editor or global species database
Status Validated by the plenary powers. [details]
Synonymy Cerebratulus marginatus (partim) = Cerebratulus pantherinus [details]
Synonymy Cerebratulus marginatus (partim) = Paradrepanophorus crassus [details]
Synonymy Cerebratulus marginatus
= ?Cerebratulus angulatus (partim)
= Cerebratulus bilineatus (partim)
= Cerebratulus fuscus (partim) [details]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 1 m by 12 mm [details]
Distribution Arctic south to Cape Cod and Rhode Island [details]
Habitat infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Reproduction sexes are separate; fertilization is external for most species. Asexual reproduction also occurs by fragmentation [details]
Taxonomy species fragment easily when handled [details]
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