MSBIAS taxon details
Oerstedia Quatrefages, 1846
122423 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122423)
accepted
Genus
- Species Oerstedia crassus (Senz, 1993)
- Species Oerstedia dorsalis (Abildgaard, 1806)
- Species Oerstedia immutabilis (Riches, 1893)
- Species Oerstedia nigra (Riches, 1893)
- Species Oerstedia nigrimaculata (Gibson, 1988) accepted as Oerstedia dorsalis (Abildgaard, 1806) (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Quatrefages, A. (1846). Étude sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des annelés. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie.</em> 6: 173–303., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408183
page(s): 221-222 [details]
page(s): 221-222 [details]
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2026). World Nemertea Database. Oerstedia Quatrefages, 1846. 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=122423 on 2026-08-07
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. Oerstedia Quatrefages, 1846. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122423 on 2026-08-07
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Quatrefages, A. (1846). Étude sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des annelés. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie.</em> 6: 173–303., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408183
page(s): 221-222 [details]
additional source Stiasny-Wijnhoff, G. (1930). Die Gattung Oerstedia. Zoologische Mededeelingen, Leiden, 13: 226-240, available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/319090 [details]
source of synonymy Envall, M.; Sundberg, P. (1993). Intraspecific variation in nemerteans (Nemertea): synonymization of genera Paroerstedia and Oerstediella with Oerstedia. <em>Journal of Zoology.</em> 230(2): 293-318., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1993.tb02687.x [details]
page(s): 221-222 [details]
additional source Stiasny-Wijnhoff, G. (1930). Die Gattung Oerstedia. Zoologische Mededeelingen, Leiden, 13: 226-240, available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/319090 [details]
source of synonymy Envall, M.; Sundberg, P. (1993). Intraspecific variation in nemerteans (Nemertea): synonymization of genera Paroerstedia and Oerstediella with Oerstedia. <em>Journal of Zoology.</em> 230(2): 293-318., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1993.tb02687.x [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oerstedia)
To Genbank
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (15 records)
To ITIS
To Genbank
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (15 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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