WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Tetrastemma vittata Verrill, 1874) Verrill, A. E. (1875). Brief contributions to zoology from the Museum of Yale College. No.32. Results of dredging expeditions off the New England coast in 1874. American Journal of Science and Arts, 9: 411-415, available online at https://doi.org/10.2475/ajs.s3-9.54.411 [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]
new combination reference
Norenburg, J. L. (1986). Redescription of a brooding nemertine, Cyanophthalma obscura (Schultze) gen. et comb. n., with observations on its biology and discussion of the species of Prostomatella and related taxa. Zoologica Scripta, 15(4): 275-293, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1986.tb00229.x [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Amphiporus cordiceps sensu Friedrich, 1933 = Cyanophthalma cordiceps
Amphiporus cordiceps (Jensen, 1878) is not a synonym to Cyanophthalma cordiceps [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]
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras [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 species fragment easily when handled [details]
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