WoRMS name details
Drepanophorus lankesteri Hubrecht, 1887
159495 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159495)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine
Not documented
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras [details]
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2024). World Nemertea Database. Drepanophorus lankesteri Hubrecht, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159495 on 2024-11-21
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basis of record
Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
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basis of record 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 [request]
source of synonymy Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]
[request]basis of record 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
[request]source of synonymy Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet generally for group, they are carnivorous; in some cases only the body juices are ingested but the whole prey may be taken in. feed on protozoans, other microfauna and at times prey their own size [details]Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras [details]
Habitat benthic, living under rocks or in burrows in soft substrata, or crawling among algae, hydroids, or in bottom debris [details]
Reproduction sexes are separate; fertilization is external for most species. Asexual reproduction also occurs by fragmentation [details]
remark species fragment easily when handled [details]
