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Cephalothrix Örsted, 1843

122379  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122379)

accepted
Genus
Planaria linearis Rathke, 1799 accepted as Cephalothrix linearis (Rathke, 1799) (type by subsequent designation)
Astemma Örsted, 1843 · unaccepted > junior homonym (Astemma Lepeletier & Serville,...)  
Astemma Lepeletier & Serville, 1825 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1277216)
Procephalothrix Wijnhoff, 1913 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Cephalothrix adriatica (Senz, 1993)
  2. Species Cephalothrix arenaria Hylbom, 1957
  3. Species Cephalothrix atlantica Gerner, 1969
  4. Species Cephalothrix bipunctata Bürger, 1892
  5. Species Cephalothrix buergeri Wijnhoff, 1913
  6. Species Cephalothrix filiformis (Johnston, 1828)
  7. Species Cephalothrix galatheae Dieck, 1874
  8. Species Cephalothrix germanica Gerner, 1969
  9. Species Cephalothrix kiliensis (Friedrich, 1935)
  10. Species Cephalothrix lactea Senz, 1993
  11. Species Cephalothrix linearis (Rathke, 1799)
  12. Species Cephalothrix mediterranea Gerner, 1969
  13. Species Cephalothrix oestrymnica (Junoy & Gibson, 1991)
  14. Species Cephalothrix paragermanica Senz, 1993
  15. Species Cephalothrix rufifrons (Johnston, 1837)
  16. Species Cephalothrix viridis Chapuis, 1886
  17. Species Cephalothrix lineata Claparède, 1862 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  18. Species Cephalothrix biocculata accepted as Cephalothrix rufifrons (Johnston, 1837) (synonym)
  19. Species Cephalothrix caeca Orsted, 1843 accepted as Cephalothrix linearis (Rathke, 1799) (synonym)
  20. Species Cephalothrix coeca Örsted, 1843 accepted as Cephalothrix linearis (Rathke, 1799) (synonym)
  21. Species Cephalothrix filum (Quatrefages, 1846) accepted as Cephalothrix rufifrons (Johnston, 1837) (synonym)
  22. Species Cephalothrix fragilis Bürger, 1892 accepted as Cephalotrichella signata (Hubrecht, 1879) (synonym)
  23. Species Cephalothrix hymanaeus Bürger, 1892 accepted as Cephalothrix rufifrons (Johnston, 1837) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  24. Species Cephalothrix lineatus accepted as Cephalothrix linearis (Rathke, 1799) (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  25. Species Cephalothrix longissima Keferstein, 1862 accepted as Procephalothrix filiformis (Johnston, 1828) accepted as Cephalothrix filiformis (Johnston, 1828) (synonym)
  26. Species Cephalothrix ocellata Keferstein, 1862 accepted as Cephalothrix rufifrons (Johnston, 1837) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  27. Species Cephalothrix oestrymnicus (Junoy & Gibson, 1991) accepted as Cephalothrix oestrymnica (Junoy & Gibson, 1991) (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  28. Species Cephalothrix signata Hubrecht, 1879 accepted as Cephalotrichella signata (Hubrecht, 1879) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Örsted, A. S. (1843). Forsog til en ny Classification af Planarierne (Planariea Dugès) grundet paa mikroskopisk-anatomiske Undersogelser. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(8): 519–581., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2323275
page(s): 573 [details] OpenAccess publication
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Cephalothrix Örsted, 1843. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122379 on 2026-04-09
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Cephalothrix Örsted, 1843. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122379 on 2026-04-09
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gibson, Raymond
2005-03-01 10:32:16Z
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Gibson, Raymond
2019-07-29 16:36:16Z
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Norenburg, Jon
2019-08-03 17:42:14Z
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Norenburg, Jon
2019-08-06 12:15:39Z
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Norenburg, Jon
2024-12-27 12:00:54Z
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Chernyshev, Alexey

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original description Örsted, A. S. (1843). Forsog til en ny Classification af Planarierne (Planariea Dugès) grundet paa mikroskopisk-anatomiske Undersogelser. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(8): 519–581., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2323275
page(s): 573 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Astemma Örsted, 1843) Örsted, A. S. (1843). Forsog til en ny Classification af Planarierne (Planariea Dugès) grundet paa mikroskopisk-anatomiske Undersogelser. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(8): 519–581., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2323275 [details] OpenAccess publication

taxonomy source Kajihara, H. (2019). Resolving a 200-year-old taxonomic conundrum: neotype designation for <i>Cephalothrix linearis</i> (Nemertea: Palaeonemertea) based on a topotype from Bergen, Norway. <em>Fauna norvegica.</em> 39: 39–76., available online at https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v39i0.2734 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Gibson, R. (2001). Nemertini (Nemertae), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 152-156 (look up in RoR) [details] 

additional source Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [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. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in RoR), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cephalothrix) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cephalothrix) 
To Genbank (from synonym Procephalothrix Wijnhoff, 1913)
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (1 record) (from synonym Procephalothrix Wijnhoff, 1913)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection (13 records) 
To ITIS
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