MSBIAS taxon details
Amphiporus Ehrenberg, 1831
122391 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122391)
accepted
Genus
- Species Amphiporus allucens Bürger, 1895
- Species Amphiporus dissimulans Riches, 1893
- Species Amphiporus lactifloreus (Johnston, 1828)
- Species Amphiporus bioculatus sensu Verrill, 1892 (uncertain)
- Species Amphiporus hastatus McIntosh, 1874 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Amphiporus langiaegeminus Bürger, 1895 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Amphiporus elongatus Stephenson, 1911 accepted as Psammamphiporus elongatus (Stephenson, 1911) accepted as Tetrastemma elongatum (Stephenson, 1911)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Ehrenberg, C. G. (1831). Phytozoa Turbellaria africana et asiatica. <em>In: Symbolae physicae (Hemprich F.W. & Ehrenberg C.G., Eds.). Animalia evertebrata exclusis insectis recensuit Dr. CG Ehrenberg. Series prima cum tabularum decade prima. Berolini.</em> [details] 
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2026). World Nemertea Database. Amphiporus Ehrenberg, 1831. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122391 on 2026-07-07
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Amphiporus Ehrenberg, 1831. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122391 on 2026-07-07
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Ehrenberg, C. G. (1831). Phytozoa Turbellaria africana et asiatica. <em>In: Symbolae physicae (Hemprich F.W. & Ehrenberg C.G., Eds.). Animalia evertebrata exclusis insectis recensuit Dr. CG Ehrenberg. Series prima cum tabularum decade prima. Berolini.</em> [details]
context source (PeRMS) Gibson, R. (1995). Nemertean genera and species of the world: an annotated checklist of original names and description citations, synonyms, current taxonomic status, habitats and recorded zoogeographic distribution. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 29(2): 271–561., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939500770161 [details] Available for editors
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 Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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
subsequent type designation Gibson, R.; Crandall, F. B. (1991). <i>Amphiporus</i> Ehrenberg, 1831 (Nemertea): proposed designation of <i>Planaria lactiflorea</i> Johnston, 1828 as the type species. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 48: 22–24., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.664 [details]
subsequent type designation ICZN. (1992). Opinion 1675. <i>Amphiporus</i> Ehrenberg, 1831 (Nemertea): <i>Planaria lactiflorea</i> Johnston, 1828 designated as the type species. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 49:157., available online at https://archive.org/details/biostor-5345 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Gibson, R. (1995). Nemertean genera and species of the world: an annotated checklist of original names and description citations, synonyms, current taxonomic status, habitats and recorded zoogeographic distribution. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 29(2): 271–561., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939500770161 [details] Available for editors
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 Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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
subsequent type designation Gibson, R.; Crandall, F. B. (1991). <i>Amphiporus</i> Ehrenberg, 1831 (Nemertea): proposed designation of <i>Planaria lactiflorea</i> Johnston, 1828 as the type species. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 48: 22–24., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.664 [details]
subsequent type designation ICZN. (1992). Opinion 1675. <i>Amphiporus</i> Ehrenberg, 1831 (Nemertea): <i>Planaria lactiflorea</i> Johnston, 1828 designated as the type species. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 49:157., available online at https://archive.org/details/biostor-5345 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amphiporus)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (13 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096557)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amphiporus)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (13 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096557)
To ITIS
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