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WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Paroerstedia nigrimaculata Gibson, 1988) Gibson, R. (1988). A new species of marine nemertean from Anglesey, North Wales, with a discussion of the genus Paroerstedia Friedrich, 1955. Journal of Natural History. 22(3): 733–746., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938800770471 [details] Available for editors  [request]
original description
(of Planaria dorsalis Abildgaard, 1806) Müller, O. F. (1806). Zoologia Danica seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum ac minus notorum descriptiones et historia. [Danish Zoology, or Descriptions and History of the Rarer and Lesser Known Animals of Denmark and Norway.]. Havniae [Copenhague], N. Christensen. 4 [1-5], 1-46, pls. 121-160., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN614794528
page(s): 25 [details] 
original description
(of Oerstedia maculata 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): 222–223, pl. 8, fig. II [details]
original description
(of Oerstedia tubicola Quartrefages, 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): 223 [details]
original description
(of Polia farinosa van Beneden, 1861) Beneden, P. -J. van. (1861). Recherches sur la faune littorale de Belgique. Turbellariés. Memoires de l'Academie royale des sciences de Belgique. 32: 3–56, 7 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32732165 [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]
Otheradditional 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 [request]
additional source
Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [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
Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
additional source
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Oerstedia maculata (partim) = Oerstedia dorsalis [details]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]
Dimensions length up to 20 mm by 2 mm [details]
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras, including Cobscook Bay [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]
Taxonomy Suborder: Monostilifera, according to Trott (2004).. species fragment easily when handled [details]
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
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