World Nemertea Database

WoRMS name details

Meckelia gracilis (Goodsir, 1845)

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

 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine
Not documented
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]
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 2025-04-03
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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] OpenAccess publication

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] OpenAccess publication

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