MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Meckelia depressa (Quatrefages, 1846)

WoRMS name details

Meckelia depressa (Quatrefages, 1846)

AphiaID

147301 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147301)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Cerebratulus depressus Quatrefages, 1846

Rank

Species

Parent

Meckelia Leuckart, 1828 accepted as Cerebratulus [Renier], [1804]

Original name

Cerebratulus depressus Quatrefages, 1846

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Cerebratulus depressus Quatrefages, 1846) Quatrefages, A. (1846). Étude sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des annelés. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie. 6: 173–303., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408183
page(s): 220, pl. 11, fig. VIII [details]

Taxonomic citation

Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Meckelia depressa (Quatrefages, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147301 on 2025-05-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-03-04 09:11:57Z

created

Gibson, Raymond

2024-11-17 10:30:36Z

changed

Kajihara, Hiroshi

Licensing

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Links (2)

Nomenclature

original description (of Cerebratulus depressus Quatrefages, 1846) Quatrefages, A. (1846). Étude sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des annelés. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie. 6: 173–303., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408183
page(s): 220, pl. 11, fig. VIII [details]

new combination reference Diesing, C.M. [[Karl Moritz, usually as Latin C. M = Carolo Mauritio]. (1850). Systema Helminthum. Vol. I. [book]. xiii[xvi] + 679 pp.W. Vindobonae, Braumüller, Wien., available online at https://archive.org/details/systemahelminth00diesgoog/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater
page(s): 269 [details]

Taxonomy

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

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