MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Procephalothrix Wijnhoff, 1913

ERMS name details

Procephalothrix Wijnhoff, 1913

Cephalothrix longissima Keferstein, 1862

AphiaID

122381 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122381)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Cephalothrix Örsted, 1843

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Procephalothrix filiformis (Johnston, 1828) accepted as Cephalothrix filiformis (Johnston, 1828)

Parent

Cephalotrichidae McIntosh, 1874

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Species Procephalothrix adriatica Senz, 1993 accepted as Cephalothrix adriatica (Senz, 1993) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Procephalothrix filiformis (Johnston, 1828) accepted as Cephalothrix filiformis (Johnston, 1828)
Species Procephalothrix kiliensis Friedrich, 1935 accepted as Cephalothrix kiliensis (Friedrich, 1935) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Procephalothrix oestrymnicus Junoy & Gibson, 1991 accepted as Cephalothrix oestrymnicus (Junoy & Gibson, 1991) accepted as Cephalothrix oestrymnica (Junoy & Gibson, 1991)

Environment

marine

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Procephalothrix Wijnhoff, 1913. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122381 on 2026-05-11

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Procephalothrix Wijnhoff, 1913. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122381 on 2026-05-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gibson, Raymond

2011-05-20 16:05:35Z

changed

Norenburg, Jon

2024-12-30 14:18:57Z

changed

Chernyshev, Alexey

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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 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. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in RoR), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors

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Spelling Often incorrectly spelled as Procephalotrix [details]

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Cephalothrix longissima Keferstein, 1862

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