Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nemertea > Class Pilidiophora > Order Heteronemertea > Family Valenciniidae > Subfamily Valenciniinae

Valencinia Quatrefages, 1846

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Valencia*	(Quatrefages, 1846) sensu Koehler, 1885	synonym

Children

Valencinia blanca Bürger, 1892
Valencinia longirostris Quatrefages, 1846

Literature

original description	Quatrefages, A. de. (1845). Etudes sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des annelés: mémoire sur quelques planairées marines appartenant aux genres Tricelis (Ehr.), Polycelis (Ehr.), Prosthiostomum (Nob.), Proceros (Nob.), Eolidiceros (Nob.), et Stylochus (Ehr). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, (3) Zool 4: 326 or 129-184
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	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Valencinia Quatrefages, 1846. 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:122372