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

Cerebratulus marginatus [Renier], [1804]

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

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

Species group names

*Avenardia alileuti*	Giard, 1878	synonym
*Avenardia priei*	Giard, 1878	synonym
*Cerebratulus angulosus*	Haddon, 1886	synonym
*Cerebratulus fragilis*	(Goodsir, 1845)	synonym
*Cerebratulus grandis*	Jensen, 1878	synonym
*Cerebratulus spraguei*	Girard, 1893	synonym
*Gordius fragilis*	Dalyell, 1853	synonym
*Serpentaria fragilis*	Goodsir, 1845	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: bred slimbændel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: black 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: Schwarze Nemertine; Schwarzer Schnurwurm 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.

Japanese: オロチヒモムシ

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	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	Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK.
additional source	Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.
additional source	Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London. 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455].
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.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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 marginatus [Renier], [1804]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122478