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Zygonemertes virescens (Verrill, 1879)

156323 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156323)

accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Verrill, A. E. (1879). Notice of recent additions to the marine invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part I. Annelida, Gephyraea, Nemertina, Nematoda, Polyzoa, Tunicata, Mollusca, Anthozoa, Echinodermata, Porifera. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 2: 165–205., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7303133
page(s): 183 [details] OpenAccess publication
Nomenclature This species should be referred to as Zygonemertes agilis (Verrill, 1874) so far as it includes the nominal species ...  
Nomenclature This species should be referred to as Zygonemertes agilis (Verrill, 1874) so far as it includes the nominal species Ophionemertes agilis Verrill, 1874. [Note added by H. Kajihara, 2024] [details]

Distribution Bay of Fundy south at least to Chesapeake Bay  
Distribution Bay of Fundy south at least to Chesapeake Bay [details]
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2026). World Nemertea Database. Zygonemertes virescens (Verrill, 1879). Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156323 on 2026-07-30
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Zygonemertes virescens (Verrill, 1879). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156323 on 2026-07-30
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2005-05-11 09:52:51Z
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original description (of ) Verrill, A. E. (1879). Notice of recent additions to the marine invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part I. Annelida, Gephyraea, Nemertina, Nematoda, Polyzoa, Tunicata, Mollusca, Anthozoa, Echinodermata, Porifera. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 2: 165–205., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7303133
page(s): 183 [details] OpenAccess publication

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  PDF available

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 Gosner, K.L. (1979). A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore. Invertebrates and Seaweeds of the Atlantic Coast from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras. <em>Wiley-Interscience, Boston.</em> 329pp., figs. 1-72, pls. 1-64. [pdf copepods only]. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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

new combination reference Montgomery, T. H. (1898). Descriptions of new metanemerteans, with notes on other species. <em>Zoologischer Jahrbücher, Abteilungen Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere.</em> 10: 1–14., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38125
page(s): 2 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Nomenclature This species should be referred to as Zygonemertes agilis (Verrill, 1874) so far as it includes the nominal species Ophionemertes agilis Verrill, 1874. [Note added by H. Kajihara, 2024] [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 2 mm [details]

Distribution Bay of Fundy south at least to Chesapeake 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]

remark species fragment easily when handled [details]
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