MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Cerebratulus depressus Quatrefages, 1846

ERMS name details

Cerebratulus depressus Quatrefages, 1846

AphiaID

122463 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122463)

Classification

Status

uncertain > nomen dubium

Rank

Species

Parent

Cerebratulus [Renier], [1804]

Original name

Cerebratulus depressus Quatrefages, 1846

Synonymised names

Meckelia depressa (Quatrefages, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

marine

Original description

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]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomy Dubious species

Taxonomy Dubious species [details]

Taxonomic citation

Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Cerebratulus depressus Quatrefages, 1846. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122463 on 2026-10-03

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Cerebratulus depressus Quatrefages, 1846. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122463 on 2026-10-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gibson, Raymond

2005-03-04 09:11:57Z

changed

Gibson, Raymond

2024-11-02 11:49:03Z

changed

Kajihara, Hiroshi

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original description 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]

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]

status source Bürger, O. (1904). Nemertini. Das Tierreich. 20: 1–151., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/898990
page(s): 126 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Taxonomy Dubious species [details]

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Meckelia depressa (Quatrefages, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Meckelia depressa (Quatrefages, 1846))