WoRMS taxon details
Oerstedia dorsalis (Abildgaard, 1806)
122817 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122817)
accepted
Species
Astemma gordius Parfitt, 1867 · unaccepted
Hecate dorsalis (Abildgaard, 1806) · unaccepted (synonym)
Oerstdia dorsalis · unaccepted (synonym)
Oerstedia dorsalis var. albolineata · unaccepted (synonym)
Oerstedia dorsalis var. cincta · unaccepted (synonym)
Oerstedia dorsalis var. marmorata · unaccepted (synonym)
Oerstedia dorsalis var. viridis · unaccepted (synonym)
Oerstedia maculata Quatrefages, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Oerstedia nigrimaculata (Gibson, 1988) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Oerstedia tubicola Quartrefages, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Paroerstedia nigrimaculata Gibson, 1988 · unaccepted (synonym)
Planaria dorsalis Abildgaard, 1806 · unaccepted (basionym)
Planaria gordius · unaccepted (synonym)
Polia farinosa van Beneden, 1861 · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Forma Oerstedia dorsalis f. A accepted as Oerstedia striata Sundberg, 1988 (synonym)
- Variety Oerstedia dorsalis var. albolineata accepted as Oerstedia dorsalis (Abildgaard, 1806) (synonym)
- Variety Oerstedia dorsalis var. cincta accepted as Oerstedia dorsalis (Abildgaard, 1806) (synonym)
- Variety Oerstedia dorsalis var. marmorata accepted as Oerstedia dorsalis (Abildgaard, 1806) (synonym)
- Variety Oerstedia dorsalis var. viridis accepted as Oerstedia dorsalis (Abildgaard, 1806) (synonym)
marine
(of Planaria dorsalis Abildgaard, 1806) Müller, O. F. (1806). Zoologia Danica seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum ac minus notorum descriptiones et historia. [Danish Zoology, or Descriptions and History of the Rarer and Lesser Known Animals of Denmark and Norway.]. <em>Havniae [Copenhague], N. Christensen.</em> 4 [1-5], 1-46, pls. 121-160., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN614794528
page(s): 25 [details]
page(s): 25 [details]
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras, including Cobscook Bay
Taxonomy Suborder: Monostilifera, according to Trott (2004).. species fragment easily when handled
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras, including Cobscook Bay [details]
Taxonomy Suborder: Monostilifera, according to Trott (2004).. species fragment easily when handled
Taxonomy Suborder: Monostilifera, according to Trott (2004).. species fragment easily when handled [details]
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Oerstedia dorsalis (Abildgaard, 1806). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122817 on 2025-02-08
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original description
(of Paroerstedia nigrimaculata Gibson, 1988) Gibson, R. (1988). A new species of marine nemertean from Anglesey, North Wales, with a discussion of the genus <i>Paroerstedia</i> Friedrich, 1955. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 22(3): 733–746., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938800770471 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Planaria dorsalis Abildgaard, 1806) Müller, O. F. (1806). Zoologia Danica seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum ac minus notorum descriptiones et historia. [Danish Zoology, or Descriptions and History of the Rarer and Lesser Known Animals of Denmark and Norway.]. <em>Havniae [Copenhague], N. Christensen.</em> 4 [1-5], 1-46, pls. 121-160., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN614794528
page(s): 25 [details]
original description (of Oerstedia maculata Quatrefages, 1846) Quatrefages, A. (1846). Étude sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des annelés. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie.</em> 6: 173–303., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408183
page(s): 222–223, pl. 8, fig. II [details]
original description (of Oerstedia tubicola Quartrefages, 1846) Quatrefages, A. (1846). Étude sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des annelés. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie.</em> 6: 173–303., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408183
page(s): 223 [details]
original description (of Polia farinosa van Beneden, 1861) Beneden, P. -J. van. (1861). Recherches sur la faune littorale de Belgique. Turbellariés. <em>Memoires de l'Academie royale des sciences de Belgique.</em> 32: 3–56, 7 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32732165 [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
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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 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 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 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
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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
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additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

original description (of Planaria dorsalis Abildgaard, 1806) Müller, O. F. (1806). Zoologia Danica seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum ac minus notorum descriptiones et historia. [Danish Zoology, or Descriptions and History of the Rarer and Lesser Known Animals of Denmark and Norway.]. <em>Havniae [Copenhague], N. Christensen.</em> 4 [1-5], 1-46, pls. 121-160., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN614794528
page(s): 25 [details]
original description (of Oerstedia maculata Quatrefages, 1846) Quatrefages, A. (1846). Étude sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des annelés. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie.</em> 6: 173–303., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408183
page(s): 222–223, pl. 8, fig. II [details]
original description (of Oerstedia tubicola Quartrefages, 1846) Quatrefages, A. (1846). Étude sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des annelés. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie.</em> 6: 173–303., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408183
page(s): 223 [details]
original description (of Polia farinosa van Beneden, 1861) Beneden, P. -J. van. (1861). Recherches sur la faune littorale de Belgique. Turbellariés. <em>Memoires de l'Academie royale des sciences de Belgique.</em> 32: 3–56, 7 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32732165 [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

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 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 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 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

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

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]





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Synonymy Oerstedia maculata (partim) = Oerstedia dorsalis [details]Unreviewed
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 20 mm by 2 mm [details]
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras, 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]
Taxonomy Suborder: Monostilifera, according to Trott (2004).. species fragment easily when handled [details]
To Barcode of Life (93 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Planaria dorsalis Abildgaard, 1806)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Oerstedia maculata Quatrefages, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Hecate dorsalis (Abildgaard, 1806))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oerstedia dorsalis)
To GenBank (259 nucleotides; 112 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Oerstedia nigrimaculata (Gibson, 1988))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (14 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096378)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Planaria dorsalis Abildgaard, 1806)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Oerstedia maculata Quatrefages, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Hecate dorsalis (Abildgaard, 1806))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oerstedia dorsalis)
To GenBank (259 nucleotides; 112 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Oerstedia nigrimaculata (Gibson, 1988))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (14 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096378)
To ITIS