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

Diplopleura Stimpson, 1857

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Langia*	Hubrecht, 1879	synonym

Children

Diplopleura formosa (Hubrecht, 1879)

Literature

original description	Stimpson, W. (1857). Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descrips, Pars II, Turbellarieorum Nemertineorum. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 9: 159-165 [15-22 in separate].
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].
taxonomy source	Kajihara, H. (2007). A taxonomic catalogue of Japanese nemerteans (Phylum Nemertea). Zoological Science. 24: 287–326.

Genbank

Citation

Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Diplopleura Stimpson, 1857. 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:122373