World Nemertea Database - Meckelia gracilis (Goodsir, 1845)

WoRMS name details

Meckelia gracilis (Goodsir, 1845)

AphiaID

1780218 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1780218)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Emplectonema gracile (Johnston, 1837)

Rank

Species

Parent

Meckelia Leuckart, 1828 accepted as Cerebratulus [Renier], [1804]

Original name

Nemertes gracilis Goodsir, 1845

Environment

marine

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark The nominal species Nemertes gracilis Goodsir, 1845 would actually belong to Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770). [Note...

Taxonomic remark The nominal species Nemertes gracilis Goodsir, 1845 would actually belong to Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770). [Note added by Kajihara, 2024] [details]

Taxonomic citation

Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Meckelia gracilis (Goodsir, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1780218 on 2025-04-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2024-11-18 11:36:38Z

created

Kajihara, Hiroshi

Licensing

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Sources (2)
Notes (1)

Nomenclature

original description (of Nemertes gracilis Goodsir, 1845) Goodsir, H. D. S. (1845). Descriptions of some gigantic forms of invertebrate animals from the coast of Scotland. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Iincluding Zoology, Botany, and Geology.</em> 15: 377–383., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/61866
page(s): 378–380, 383, pl. XX, fig. 3 [details]

new combination reference Diesing, C.M. [[Karl Moritz, usually as Latin C. M = Carolo Mauritio]. (1850). Systema Helminthum. Vol. I. <em>[book].</em> xiii[xvi] + 679 pp.W. Vindobonae, Braumüller, Wien., available online at https://archive.org/details/systemahelminth00diesgoog/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater
page(s): 268 [details]

From editor or global species database

Taxonomic remark The nominal species Nemertes gracilis Goodsir, 1845 would actually belong to Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770). [Note added by Kajihara, 2024] [details]