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Cerebratulus fuscus (McIntosh, 1874)

122471 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122471)

accepted
Species
marine
(of ) McIntosh, W. C. (1873-1874). A monograph of the British Annelids. Pt. I: The Nemerteans. The Ray Society, 1873: pp. 1-96, pls. I-X; 1874: pp. 97-214, pls. xi.-xxiii, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38577661 [details] OpenAccess publication
Distribution Bay of Fundy, coast of Maine down to Cape Cod  
Distribution Bay of Fundy, coast of Maine down to Cape Cod [details]

Taxonomy species fragment easily when handled  
Taxonomy species fragment easily when handled [details]
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Cerebratulus fuscus (McIntosh, 1874). Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122471 on 2026-06-28
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Cerebratulus fuscus (McIntosh, 1874). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122471 on 2026-06-28
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2005-03-04 09:11:57Z
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original description (of ) McIntosh, W. C. (1873-1874). A monograph of the British Annelids. Pt. I: The Nemerteans. The Ray Society, 1873: pp. 1-96, pls. I-X; 1874: pp. 97-214, pls. xi.-xxiii, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38577661 [details] OpenAccess publication

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 Miner, R. W. (1950). Field book of seashore life. <em>G.P. Putnam & Sons.</em> 1-888. [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 Bürger, O. (1892). Zur Systematik der Nemertinenfauna des Golfs von Neapel. <em>Nachrichten von der königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften und der Georg-Augusts-Universität zu Göttingen.</em> 5: 137–178., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN252457072_1892?tify=%7B%22pages%22%3A%5B145%5D%2C%22pan%22%3A%7B%22x%22%3A0.25%2C%22y%22%3A0.854%7D%2C%22view%22%3A%22export%22%2C%22zoom%22%3A0.471%7D
page(s): 174 [details] OpenAccess publication

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), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Synonymy Cerebratulus fuscus (partim) = Cerebratulus marginatus [details]

Unreviewed
Authority (Mc Intosh, 1873-74) [details]

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, coast of Maine down to Cape Cod [details]

Habitat benthic, living under rocks or in burrows in soft substrata, or crawling among algae, hydroids, or in bottom debris; this species is also bathypelagic by swimming during periods of sexual activity [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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