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WoRMS name detailsAmphiporus caecus Verrill, 1892
156288 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156288)
uncertain > nomen dubium (Gibson & Crandall, 1989: 457)
Species
Astemma collaris Girard, 1893 · unaccepted (synonym)
Astemma resplendens Girard, 1893 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine
Verrill, A. E. (1893). Marine planarians of New England. Trans Conn Acad Sci, 8: 459-520 + 5 pl (40-44) [details]
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras, including Cobscook Bay
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. Amphiporus caecus Verrill, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156288 on 2025-05-04
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
Verrill, A. E. (1893). Marine planarians of New England. Trans Conn Acad Sci, 8: 459-520 + 5 pl (40-44) [details] basis of record 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]Otheradditional 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 Miner, R. W. (1950). Field book of seashore life. <em>G.P. Putnam & Sons.</em> 1-888. [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 [request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Hallezia hastata (partim) = Amphiporus caecus [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 40 mm by 3 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] |
