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CaRMS name detailsAmphiporus frontalis Verrill, 1892
147984 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147984)
uncertain > nomen dubium (Gibson & Crandall, 1989: 458)
Species
marine,
Verrill, A. E. (1892). The marine nemerteans of New England and adjacent waters. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 8: 381–471., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32298 [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 frontalis Verrill, 1892. 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=147984 on 2026-08-17
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Amphiporus frontalis Verrill, 1892. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147984 on 2026-08-17
Date action by 2005-03-22 12:34:23Z created db_admin
original description
Verrill, A. E. (1892). The marine nemerteans of New England and adjacent waters. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 8: 381–471., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32298 [details]
basis of record 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 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 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  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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 120 mm by 5 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] |