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

Cerebratulus fuscus (McIntosh, 1874)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Micrura

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cerebratulus*	[Renier], [1804]	accepted genus name
*Avenardia*	Giard, 1878	synonym
*Cnidon*	Müller, 1854	synonym
*Meckelia*	Leuckart, 1828	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: brown ribbon worm sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Brauner Schnurwurm

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	Miner, R. W. (1950). Field book of seashore life. G.P. Putnam & Sons. 1-888.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 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.

Genbank

Citation

Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Cerebratulus fuscus (McIntosh, 1874). 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:122471