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Tetrastemma Ehrenberg, 1831

Tetrastemma sp. from the Red Sea
Tetrastemma sp. from the Red Sea

122419  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122419)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Nemertea (Phylum)
  4. Hoplonemertea (Class)
  5. Monostilifera (Order)
  6. Eumonostilifera (Suborder)
  7. Amphiporina (Infraorder)
  8. Tetrastemmatidae (Family)
  9. Tetrastemma (Genus)
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Genus
Hecate Girard, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Loxorrhochma Schmarda, 1859 · unaccepted (Synonymy)
Otoloxorrhochma Diesing, 1863 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Psammamphiporus Gibson, 1989 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Quasitetrastemma Chernyshev, 2004 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Tetrastemma aberrans Coe, 1901
  2. Species Tetrastemma aequicolor Chernyshev, 2024
  3. Species Tetrastemma albomaculatum Chernyshev, 2016
  4. Species Tetrastemma album Hookabe, Kohtsuka, Fujiwara, Tsuchida & Ueshima, 2023
  5. Species Tetrastemma ambiguum Riches, 1893
  6. Species Tetrastemma amphiporoides Bürger, 1893
  7. Species Tetrastemma angulatus Senz, 1993
  8. Species Tetrastemma antarcticum Bürger, 1893
  9. Species Tetrastemma appendiculatum Chernyshev, 1998
  10. Species Tetrastemma aseptata (Friedrich, 1935)
  11. Species Tetrastemma assimile Örsted, 1844
  12. Species Tetrastemma bacescui Müller, 1962
  13. Species Tetrastemma baculus (Quatrefages, 1846)
  14. Species Tetrastemma basinum Corrêa, 1957
  15. Species Tetrastemma beaumonti (Southern, 1913)
  16. Species Tetrastemma benedeni Czerniavsky, 1880
  17. Species Tetrastemma bicolor Coe, 1901
  18. Species Tetrastemma bilineatum Coe, 1904
  19. Species Tetrastemma bioculatum Örsted, 1843
  20. Species Tetrastemma bistriatum (Timofeeva, 1912)
  21. Species Tetrastemma buxeum Bürger, 1895
  22. Species Tetrastemma candidum (Müller, 1774)
  23. Species Tetrastemma carneum Hookabe, Oya, Tsuchida, Fujiwara & Ueshima, 2023
  24. Species Tetrastemma cerasinum Bürger, 1895
  25. Species Tetrastemma cincum Corrêa, 1957
  26. Species Tetrastemma coronatum (Quatrefages, 1846)
  27. Species Tetrastemma cruciatum Bürger, 1895
  28. Species Tetrastemma cupido Hookabe, Kohtsuka & Kajihara, 2021
  29. Species Tetrastemma diadema Hubrecht, 1879
  30. Species Tetrastemma dubium Örsted, 1845
  31. Species Tetrastemma duboisi Bürger, 1893
  32. Species Tetrastemma dutoiti (Wheeler, 1940)
  33. Species Tetrastemma elegans (Girard, 1852)
  34. Species Tetrastemma elongatum (Stephenson, 1911)
  35. Species Tetrastemma enteroplecta (Corrêa, 1954)
  36. Species Tetrastemma falsum Bürger, 1895
  37. Species Tetrastemma flavidum Ehrenberg, 1828
  38. Species Tetrastemma fozense Gibson & Junoy, 1991
  39. Species Tetrastemma freyae Chernyshev, Polyakova, Vignesh, Jain, Sanjeevi, Norenburg & Rajesh, 2020
  40. Species Tetrastemma fulvum Kirsteuer, 1963
  41. Species Tetrastemma georgianum Bürger, 1893
  42. Species Tetrastemma glanduliferum Bürger, 1895
  43. Species Tetrastemma hansi Bürger, 1893
  44. Species Tetrastemma hermaphroditicum (Keferstein, 1868)
  45. Species Tetrastemma herouardi (Oxner, 1908)
  46. Species Tetrastemma herthae Corrêa, 1963
  47. Species Tetrastemma humile (Quatrefages, 1846)
  48. Species Tetrastemma incisum Stimpson, 1855
  49. Species Tetrastemma insolens Iwata, 1952
  50. Species Tetrastemma interruptum Bürger, 1895
  51. Species Tetrastemma jeani McCaul, 1963
  52. Species Tetrastemma kangauzi Chernyshev, 2003
  53. Species Tetrastemma kefersteinii (Marion, 1869)
  54. Species Tetrastemma kirsteueri Senz, 1995
  55. Species Tetrastemma knochii (Kölliker, 1845)
  56. Species Tetrastemma laminariae Ushakov, 1928
  57. Species Tetrastemma leonillae (Oxner, 1908)
  58. Species Tetrastemma lilianae Corrêa, 1958
  59. Species Tetrastemma longissimum Bürger, 1895
  60. Species Tetrastemma longistriatum Wheeler, 1934
  61. Species Tetrastemma lophoheliae Bergendal, 1903
  62. Species Tetrastemma maivikenensis Wheeler, 1934
  63. Species Tetrastemma marionis Joubin, 1890
  64. Species Tetrastemma melanocephalum (Johnston, 1837)
  65. Species Tetrastemma merula (Corrêa, 1954)
  66. Species Tetrastemma microocelli (Sun, 1995)
  67. Species Tetrastemma mixtum (Timofeeva, 1912)
  68. Species Tetrastemma montagui Senz, 2001
  69. Species Tetrastemma nanum Corrêa, 1957
  70. Species Tetrastemma nigrifrons Coe, 1904
  71. Species Tetrastemma nigrolineatum Wheeler, 1934
  72. Species Tetrastemma nimbatum Bürger, 1895
  73. Species Tetrastemma oerstedi Senz, 2001
  74. Species Tetrastemma olgarum Chernyshev, 1998
  75. Species Tetrastemma omicron Joubin, 1902
  76. Species Tetrastemma parallelos Abato, Yoshida & Kajihara, 2022
  77. Species Tetrastemma persona Hookabe, Kohtsuka, Fujiwara, Tsuchida & Ueshima, 2023
  78. Species Tetrastemma phaeobasisae Kulikova, 1987
  79. Species Tetrastemma pimaculatum Chernyshev, 1998
  80. Species Tetrastemma pinnatum Iwata, 1954
  81. Species Tetrastemma piolinum Corrêa, 1957
  82. Species Tetrastemma polyakovae Sagorny, von Döhren, Rouse & Tilic, 2022
  83. Species Tetrastemma portus Bürger, 1895
  84. Species Tetrastemma primum Corrêa, 1954
  85. Species Tetrastemma pseudocoronatum Chernyshev, 1998
  86. Species Tetrastemma quadrilineatum Coe, 1904
  87. Species Tetrastemma quadristriatum Langerhans, 1880
  88. Species Tetrastemma quadristriatum Grube, 1869
  89. Species Tetrastemma quatrefagesi (Bürger, 1904)
  90. Species Tetrastemma reticulatum Coe, 1904
  91. Species Tetrastemma robertianae McIntosh, 1874
  92. Species Tetrastemma rollandi Joubin, 1905
  93. Species Tetrastemma roseocephalum (Yamaoka, 1947)
  94. Species Tetrastemma roseum Verrill, 1892
  95. Species Tetrastemma schultzei Czerniavsky, 1880
  96. Species Tetrastemma scutelliferum Bürger, 1895
  97. Species Tetrastemma sexlineatum Coe, 1940
  98. Species Tetrastemma shohoense Hookabe, Kohtsuka, Fujiwara, Tsuchida & Ueshima, 2023
  99. Species Tetrastemma signifer Coe, 1904
  100. Species Tetrastemma simplex (Timofeev, 1911)
  101. Species Tetrastemma stanleyi Wheeler, 1934
  102. Species Tetrastemma stimpsoni Chernyshev, 1992
  103. Species Tetrastemma strandae Sagorny, von Döhren, Rouse & Tilic, 2022
  104. Species Tetrastemma subpellucidum Örsted, 1843
  105. Species Tetrastemma suhmi (Bürger, 1904)
  106. Species Tetrastemma sundbergi Sagorny, von Döhren, Rouse & Tilic, 2022
  107. Species Tetrastemma tanikelyensis Kirsteuer, 1965
  108. Species Tetrastemma timofeevai Gibson, 1995
  109. Species Tetrastemma tristibruna Sundberg & Gibson, 1995
  110. Species Tetrastemma turdum Corrêa, 1957
  111. Species Tetrastemma tutus (Monastero, 1930)
  112. Species Tetrastemma unicolor (Hubrecht, 1879)
  113. Species Tetrastemma vastum Bürger, 1895
  114. Species Tetrastemma verinigrum Iwata, 1954
  115. Species Tetrastemma vermiculus (Quatrefages, 1846)
  116. Species Tetrastemma verrilli (Bürger, 1904)
  117. Species Tetrastemma viera (Timofeev, 1911)
  118. Species Tetrastemma viperula (Timofeev, 1911)
  119. Species Tetrastemma virgatum Kirsteuer, 1963
  120. Species Tetrastemma vittigerum (Bürger, 1904)
  121. Species Tetrastemma weddelli Wheeler, 1934
  122. Species Tetrastemma wilsoni Coe, 1943
  123. Species Tetrastemma worki Corrêa, 1961
  124. Species Tetrastemma albicollis Ushakov, 1928 accepted as Amphiporus superbus (Girard in Stimpson, 1854) (synonym)
  125. Species Tetrastemma albidum Coe, 1905 accepted as Prosorhochmus albidus (Coe, 1905) (synonym)
  126. Species Tetrastemma algae (Dalyell, 1853) accepted as Tetrastemma candidum (Müller, 1774) (synonym)
  127. Species Tetrastemma arctica Ushakov, 1926 accepted as Arctostemma arcticum (Ushakov, 1926) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  128. Species Tetrastemma belgicae Bürger, 1904 accepted as Antarctonemertes belgica (Bürger, 1904) (synonym)
  129. Species Tetrastemma caecum Coe, 1901 accepted as Amphinemertes caeca (Coe, 1901) (synonym)
  130. Species Tetrastemma cruciatus sensu Senz, 1993 accepted as Tetrastemma kirsteueri Senz, 1995 (synonym)
  131. Species Tetrastemma flagellatum Montgomery, 1897 accepted as Tetrastemma vermiculus (Quatrefages, 1846) (synonym)
  132. Species Tetrastemma flavida McIntosh, 1873-1874 accepted as Nemertopsis flavida (McIntosh, 1873-1874) (synonym)
  133. Species Tetrastemma fozensis Gibson & Junoy, 1991 accepted as Tetrastemma fozense Gibson & Junoy, 1991 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  134. Species Tetrastemma glandulidorsum Müller, 1976 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, No description, lapsus calami for Tetrastemma glanduliferum?)
  135. Species Tetrastemma groenlandicum Diesing, 1850 accepted as Tetrastemma candidum (Müller, 1774) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  136. Species Tetrastemma hermaphroditica (Keferstein, 1868) accepted as Tetrastemma hermaphroditicum (Keferstein, 1868) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  137. Species Tetrastemma humilis (Quatrefages, 1846) accepted as Tetrastemma humile (Quatrefages, 1846) (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  138. Species Tetrastemma immutabile Riches, 1893 accepted as Oerstedia immutabilis (Riches, 1893) (synonym)
  139. Species Tetrastemma longicapitatum Orsted, 1845 accepted as Tetrastemma flavidum Ehrenberg, 1828 (synonym)
  140. Species Tetrastemma longicapitatum Örsted, 1845 accepted as Tetrastemma flavidum Ehrenberg, 1828 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  141. Species Tetrastemma maculatum Sumner, 1894 accepted as Oerstedia nigra (Riches, 1893) (synonym)
  142. Species Tetrastemma minuta (Friedrich, 1935) accepted as Paraminutanemertes minuta (Friedrich, 1935) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  143. Species Tetrastemma nigra Riches, 1893 accepted as Oerstedia nigra (Riches, 1893) (Synonym)
  144. Species Tetrastemma nigrum Riches, 1893 accepted as Oerstedia nigra (Riches, 1893) (synonym)
  145. Species Tetrastemma obscurum Schultze, 1851 accepted as Cyanophthalma obscura (Schultze, 1851) (synonym)
  146. Species Tetrastemma papilliformis Korotkevich, 1977 accepted as Kurilonemertes papilliformis (Korotkevich, 1977) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  147. Species Tetrastemma phyllospadicola Stricker, 1985 accepted as Antarctonemertes phyllospadicola (Stricker, 1985) accepted as Kurilonemertes phyllospadicola (Stricker, 1985) (synonym)
  148. Species Tetrastemma quasioculata Korotkevich, 1977 accepted as Kurilonemertes papilliformis (Korotkevich, 1977) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  149. Species Tetrastemma rufescens Örsted, 1843 accepted as Tetrastemma coronatum (Quatrefages, 1846) (synonym)
  150. Species Tetrastemma rustica Joubin, 1890 accepted as Oerstedia rustica (Joubin, 1890) (synonym)
  151. Species Tetrastemma rusticum Joubin, 1890 accepted as Oerstedia rustica (Joubin, 1890) (Synonym)
  152. Species Tetrastemma serpentina Girard, 1851 accepted as Tetrastemma candidum (Müller, 1774) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  153. Species Tetrastemma stigmatum (sensu Yamaoka, 1940) accepted as Tetrastemma stimpsoni Chernyshev, 1992 (synonym)
  154. Species Tetrastemma unilineatum Joubin, 1910 accepted as Antarctonemertes unilineata (Joubin, 1910) (synonym)
  155. Species Tetrastemma viride Kulikova, 1989 accepted as Protetrastemma viride (Kulikova, 1989) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  156. Species Tetrastemma vittata Verrill, 1874 accepted as Cyanophthalma vittata (Verrill, 1874) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  157. Species Tetrastemma vittatum (Hubrecht, 1879) sensu Bürger, 1895 accepted as Tetrastemma vittigerum (Bürger, 1904) (synonym)
  158. Species Tetrastemma yamaokai Iwata, 1954 accepted as Tetrastemma roseocephalum (Yamaoka, 1947) (Junior Synonym)
  159. Species Tetrastemma albolineatum (Timofeeva, 1912) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  160. Species Tetrastemma bipeltatum (Timofeeva, 1912) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  161. Species Tetrastemma brunnea (Friedrich, 1935) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  162. Species Tetrastemma capitatum Lebedinsky, 1889 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  163. Species Tetrastemma cassidens (Marenzeller, 1886) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  164. Species Tetrastemma cephalophorum Bürger, 1895 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  165. Species Tetrastemma graeffei (Diesing, 1863) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  166. Species Tetrastemma helvolum Bürger, 1895 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  167. Species Tetrastemma peltatum Bürger, 1895 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  168. Species Tetrastemma stigmatum Stimpson, 1857 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  169. Species Tetrastemma tridentata accepted as Tetrastemma tridentatum Korotkevich, 1977 (uncertain > nomen dubium, synonym)
  170. Species Tetrastemma tridentatum Korotkevich, 1977 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
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LSID urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:10C06DDB-6FE8-43D7-AFBD-4D26DCF932A7  
LSID urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:10C06DDB-6FE8-43D7-AFBD-4D26DCF932A7 [details]
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Tetrastemma Ehrenberg, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122419 on 2025-04-10
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gibson, Raymond
2023-02-18 19:06:40Z
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Norenburg, Jon
2024-10-31 01:40:22Z
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Kajihara, Hiroshi

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Nomenclature

original description (of Psammamphiporus Gibson, 1989) Gibson, R. (1989). Redescription and taxonomic reappraisal of Amphiporus elongatus Stephenson (Nemertinea, Enopla) from the Firth of Clyde. Zoologica Scripta, 18(2): 357-364 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Hecate Girard, 1852) Girard, C. (1852). Descriptions of two new genera and two species of Nemertes. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 4: 185-186 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Quasitetrastemma Chernyshev, 2004) Chernyshev, A. V. (2004). Two new genera of nemertean worms of the family Tetrastemmatidae (Nemertea: Monostilifera). Zoosystematica Rossica. 12(2): 151–156. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Chernyshev, A. V.; Polyakova, N. E.; Kajihara, H.; Norenburg, J. L. (2021). A molecular phylogeny of Tetrastemma and its allies (Nemertea, Monostilifera). Zoologica Scripta. 50 (6): 824–836., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12511 [details] 

Other

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. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details] 

 
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Japanese テトラステマ属  [details]
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Tetrastemma Document hosted within WoRMS 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Psammamphiporus) (from synonym Psammamphiporus Gibson, 1989)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Quasitetrastemma) (from synonym Quasitetrastemma Chernyshev, 2004)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tetrastemma) 
To Genbank (from synonym Quasitetrastemma Chernyshev, 2004)
To Genbank (from synonym Psammamphiporus Gibson, 1989)
To Genbank 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (27 records) 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 093898) 
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Tetrastemma sp. from the Red Sea
Tetrastemma sp. from the Red Sea
Tetrastemma flavidum Ehrenberg, 1828
Tetrastemma flavidum Ehrenberg, 1828
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Unreviewed
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 093898)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 093898)
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