Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nemertea > Class Pilidiophora > Order Heteronemertea > Family Lineidae

Cerebratulus [Renier], [1804]

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Avenardia*	Giard, 1878	synonym
*Cnidon*	Müller, 1854	synonym
*Meckelia*	Leuckart, 1828	synonym

Children

Cerebratulus acutus Nardo, 1847
Cerebratulus aerugatus Bürger, 1892
Cerebratulus alleni Wijnhoff, 1912
Cerebratulus anguillula Bürger, 1892
Cerebratulus annellatus (Leuckart, 1849)
Cerebratulus aureolus Bürger, 1892
Cerebratulus barentsi Bürger, 1895
Cerebratulus bivittatus Ulyanina, 1870
Cerebratulus borealis (Diesing, 1862)
Cerebratulus brevis Ushakov, 1926
Cerebratulus cestoides Bürger, 1895
Cerebratulus complanatus (Kölliker, 1845)
Cerebratulus croceus Grube, 1864
Cerebratulus depressus Quatrefages, 1846
Cerebratulus eisigii Hubrecht, 1880
Cerebratulus epsilon Joubin, 1902
Cerebratulus erythrorochma Joubin, 1902
Cerebratulus ferrugineus Bürger, 1892
Cerebratulus fissuralis Friedrich, 1958
Cerebratulus flavifrons Grube, 1864
Cerebratulus fuscoides Bürger, 1892
Cerebratulus fuscus (McIntosh, 1874)
Cerebratulus gamma Joubin, 1902
Cerebratulus greenlandicus Punnett, 1901
Cerebratulus hepaticus Hubrecht, 1879
Cerebratulus joubini Bürger, 1895
Cerebratulus kowalewskii Zernov, 1913
Cerebratulus lacteus (Leidy, 1851)
Cerebratulus liguricus Blanchard, 1849
Cerebratulus lividus Bürger, 1892
Cerebratulus marginatus [Renier], [1804]
Cerebratulus melanorhynchus Bürger, 1895
Cerebratulus modestus Chapuis, 1886
Cerebratulus niveus (Punnett, 1903)
Cerebratulus norvegicus Punnett, 1903
Cerebratulus notabilis Bürger, 1892
Cerebratulus pantherinus Hubrecht, 1879
Cerebratulus rigidus Isler, 1900
Cerebratulus roseus (Delle Chiaje, 1841)
Cerebratulus simulans Bürger, 1892
Cerebratulus urticans (Müller, 1854)
Cerebratulus ventriporis Friedrich, 1958
Cerebratulus ventrosulcatus Bürger, 1892
Cerebratulus zachsi Ushakov, 1926
Meckelia borealis Diesing, 1862
Meckelia depressa (Quatrefages, 1846)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Russian: Церебратулус

Literature

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
additional source	Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
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.
status source	ICZN. (1958). Opinion 477 (Case 1095) Validation under the Plenary Powers of the generic name Cerebratulus [Renier], [1804], and of the specific name marginatus [Renier], [1804], as used by the foregoing author in the combination Cerebratulus marginatus (class Nemertea) (Opinion supplementary to Opinion 427). Opinions and Declarations rendered by the ICZN, 16(20): 343-352.
original description (unavailable nomenclaturally)	[Renier, S. A.]. ([1804]). Prospetto della Classe dei Vermi Nominati e Ordinati secondo il Sistema di Bosc [Work No. 25 on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Works in Zoological Nomenclature; see ICZN Opinion 316.]. [Page proofs of introductory book text in folio sheets, never published]. xv-xxvi [Padua, Italy].

Genbank

Citation

Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Cerebratulus [Renier], [1804]. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122348