WoRMS taxon details
Emplectonema Stimpson, 1857
122404 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122404)
accepted
Genus
Emplectonema viride Stimpson, 1857 (type by subsequent designation)
Empectonema · unaccepted (Spelling Variation)
Emplectoneema auctt. · unaccepted (spelling synonym)
Eunemertes Vaillant, 1890 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Macronemertes Verrill, 1873 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nemertes Johnston, 1837 · unaccepted > junior homonym
Nemertes (Nemertes) Johnston, 1837 · unaccepted > junior homonym
- Species Emplectonema bocki Brunberg, 1957
- Species Emplectonema bonhourei (Joubin, 1904)
- Species Emplectonema duoni (Joubin, 1890)
- Species Emplectonema echinoderma (Marion, 1873)
- Species Emplectonema flavens (Bürger, 1896)
- Species Emplectonema francisca (Joubin & François, 1892)
- Species Emplectonema friederichi Sánchez, 1973
- Species Emplectonema giganteum (Verrill, 1873)
- Species Emplectonema gracile (Johnston, 1837)
- Species Emplectonema intestinalis Friedrich, 1958
- Species Emplectonema marioni (Hubrecht, 1879)
- Species Emplectonema mitsuii Yamaoka, 1947
- Species Emplectonema nordgaardi (Punnett, 1903)
- Species Emplectonema ophiocephala (Schmarda, 1859)
- Species Emplectonema osceolai Corrêa, 1961
- Species Emplectonema purpuratum Coe, 1905
- Species Emplectonema quatrefagei (Rochebrune, 1881)
- Species Emplectonema spongicola (Bergendal, 1903)
- Species Emplectonema violaceum (Bürger, 1896)
- Species Emplectonema viride Stimpson, 1857
- Species Emplectonema antonina (Quatrefages, 1846) accepted as Tetranemertes antonina (Quatrefages, 1846) (synonym)
- Species Emplectonema buergeri Coe, 1901 accepted as Neesia buergeri (Coe, 1901) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Emplectonema bürgeri Coe, 1901 accepted as Emplectonema buergeri Coe, 1901 accepted as Neesia buergeri (Coe, 1901) (spelling)
- Species Emplectonema carcinophilon (Kölliker, 1845) accepted as Carcinonemertes carcinophila (Kölliker, 1845) (synonym)
- Species Emplectonema derjugini Ushakov, 1928 accepted as Neesia derjugini (Ushakov, 1928) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Emplectonema kandai Kato, 1939 accepted as Tetranemertes kandai (Kato, 1939) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Emplectonema neesii (Örsted, 1843) accepted as Neesia neesii (Örsted, 1843) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Emplectonema rubea Korotkevich, 1977 accepted as Neesia rubea (Korotkevich, 1977) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Emplectonema viridis Stimpson, 1857 accepted as Emplectonema viride Stimpson, 1857 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Stimpson, W.; Ringgold, C.; Rodgers, J.;. (1857). Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in expeditione ad oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, Johanne Rogers duce a Republica Federata missa. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 9: 159-165., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6330429#page/176/mode/1up
page(s): 163 [details]
page(s): 163 [details]
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Emplectonema Stimpson, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122404 on 2025-04-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Stimpson, W.; Ringgold, C.; Rodgers, J.;. (1857). Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in expeditione ad oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, Johanne Rogers duce a Republica Federata missa. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 9: 159-165., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6330429#page/176/mode/1up
page(s): 163 [details]
original description (of Macronemertes Verrill, 1873) Verrill, A. E. (1873). Brief contributions to zooelogy, from the museum of Yale College; No. XXV, Results of recent dredging expeditions on the coast of New England, No. 3. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> s3-6(36): 435–440., available online at https://ajsonline.org/article/65062-brief-contributions-to-zooelogy-from-the-museum-of-yale-college-no-xxv-results-of-recent-dredging-expeditions-on-the-coast-of-new-england-no-3
page(s): 439 [details]
original description (of Nemertes (Nemertes) Johnston, 1837) Johnston, G. (1837). Miscellanea Zoologica. II. A description of some Planarian Worms. <em>Magazine of zoology and botany.</em> 1: 529-538., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40029948 [details]
page(s): 163 [details]
original description (of Macronemertes Verrill, 1873) Verrill, A. E. (1873). Brief contributions to zooelogy, from the museum of Yale College; No. XXV, Results of recent dredging expeditions on the coast of New England, No. 3. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> s3-6(36): 435–440., available online at https://ajsonline.org/article/65062-brief-contributions-to-zooelogy-from-the-museum-of-yale-college-no-xxv-results-of-recent-dredging-expeditions-on-the-coast-of-new-england-no-3
page(s): 439 [details]
original description (of Nemertes (Nemertes) Johnston, 1837) Johnston, G. (1837). Miscellanea Zoologica. II. A description of some Planarian Worms. <em>Magazine of zoology and botany.</em> 1: 529-538., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40029948 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Chernyshev, A. V. (2005). System of families of Enoplan nemerteans of the order Eumonostilifera (Nemertea: Enopla). <em>Russian Journal of Marine Biology.</em> 31(suppl. 1): 27–33., available online at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11179-006-0012-6 [details] Available for editors 
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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) [details] Available for editors [request]
subsequent type designation Mendes, C. B.; Delaney, P.; Turbeville, J. M.; Hiebert, T.; Maslakova, S. (2021). Redescription of <i>Emplectonema viride</i> – a ubiquitous intertidal hoplonemertean found along the West Coast of North America. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1031: 1-17., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/59361/list/8/
note: Reinstates Corrêa's (1955) type designation. [details]
[request]subsequent type designation Mendes, C. B.; Delaney, P.; Turbeville, J. M.; Hiebert, T.; Maslakova, S. (2021). Redescription of <i>Emplectonema viride</i> – a ubiquitous intertidal hoplonemertean found along the West Coast of North America. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1031: 1-17., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/59361/list/8/
note: Reinstates Corrêa's (1955) type designation. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | エムプレクトネマ属 | [details] |
