WRiMS taxon details
Cephalothrix simula (Iwata, 1952)
573293 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:573293)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2024). World Nemertea Database. Cephalothrix simula (Iwata, 1952). Accessed through: Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Panov, V. E.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Robinson, T. B.; Rius, M.; Sobczyk, R.; Stern, N.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Yeo Chong Jinn, D.; Zhan, A. (2024) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=573293 on 2025-04-17
Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Cephalothrix simula (Iwata, 1952). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/introduced%20/aphia.php/api-docs/docs/LOG_0001&physid=PHYS_0004/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=573293 on 2025-04-17
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Kajihara, H.; Chernyshev, A. V.; Sun, S.; Sundberg, P.; Crandall, F. B. (2008). Checklist of nemertean genera and species (Nemertea) published between 1995 and 2007. <em>Species Diversity.</em> 13: 245–274., available online at https://doi.org/10.12782/specdiv.13.245 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Ellison, C. I.; Frey, M. R.; Sanford, E.; Maslakova, S. (2024). Ribbon worms (phylum Nemertea) from Bodega Bay, California: a largely undescribed diversity. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1204: 15–64., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1204.117869
page(s): 26 [details]
additional source Beckers, P.; Loesel, R.; Bartolomaeus, T. (2013). The nervous systems of basally branching Nemertea (Palaeonemertea). <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 8(6): e66137., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0066137
note: misidentified as Cephalothrix linearis [details]
redescription Kajihara H.; Sun S.-C.; Chernyshev A.V.; Chen H.-X.; Ito K.; Asakawa M.; Maslakova S. A.; Norenburg J. L.; Strand M.; Sundberg P. & Iwata F. (2013). Taxonomic identity of a tetrodotoxin-accumulating ribbon-worm <i>Cephalothrix simula</i> (Nemertea: Palaeonemertea): a species artificially introduced from the Pacific to Europe. <em>Zoological Science.</em> 30(11): 985–997., available online at https://doi.org/10.2108/zsj.30.985 [details] Available for editors
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Ellison, C. I.; Frey, M. R.; Sanford, E.; Maslakova, S. (2024). Ribbon worms (phylum Nemertea) from Bodega Bay, California: a largely undescribed diversity. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1204: 15–64., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1204.117869
page(s): 26 [details]
additional source Beckers, P.; Loesel, R.; Bartolomaeus, T. (2013). The nervous systems of basally branching Nemertea (Palaeonemertea). <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 8(6): e66137., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0066137
note: misidentified as Cephalothrix linearis [details]
redescription Kajihara H.; Sun S.-C.; Chernyshev A.V.; Chen H.-X.; Ito K.; Asakawa M.; Maslakova S. A.; Norenburg J. L.; Strand M.; Sundberg P. & Iwata F. (2013). Taxonomic identity of a tetrodotoxin-accumulating ribbon-worm <i>Cephalothrix simula</i> (Nemertea: Palaeonemertea): a species artificially introduced from the Pacific to Europe. <em>Zoological Science.</em> 30(11): 985–997., available online at https://doi.org/10.2108/zsj.30.985 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
