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Tetrastemma vermiculus (Quatrefages, 1846)

122806  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122806)

accepted
Species
Borlasia vermiculus · unaccepted (synonym)
Nemertes vermiculus (Quatrefages, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Polia vermiculata · unaccepted (synonym)
Polia vermiculus Quatrefages, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Prostoma flagellatum (Montgomery, 1897) · unaccepted > superseded combination (synonym)
Prostoma vermicula · unaccepted (synonym)
Prostoma vermiculus · unaccepted (synonym)
Prostoma vermiculus catenulatum · unaccepted (synonym)
Prostoma vermiculus solium · unaccepted (synonym)
Prostoma vermiculus vermiculus · unaccepted (synonym)
Tetrastemma vermiculum (Quatrefages, 1864) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (vermiculus is a noun ("small worm"))
marine
(of Polia vermiculus 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): 214 [details] 
Nomenclature The specific name vermiculus is a noun.  
Nomenclature The specific name vermiculus is a noun. [details]

Distribution Bay of Fundy to Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and Long Island Sound  
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and Long Island Sound [details]
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Tetrastemma vermiculus (Quatrefages, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122806 on 2025-04-10
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Nomenclature

original description (of Polia vermiculus 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): 214 [details] 

basis of record Gibson, R. (2001). Nemertini (Nemertae), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 152-156 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Other

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

additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London. 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Miner, R. W. (1950). Field book of seashore life. G.P. Putnam & Sons. 1-888. [details] 

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] 

additional source Norenburg, J. L. 2009. Nemertea of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 553–558 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] 

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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
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Polygons
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Nomenclature The specific name vermiculus is a noun. [details]

Unreviewed
Authority (de Quatrefages, 1846) [details]

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 Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and Long Island Sound [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]
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