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

Notospermus geniculatus (Delle Chiaje, 1822)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Meckelia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Notospermus*	Huschke, 1830	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cerebratulus knerii*	(Diesing, 1850)	synonym
*Polia geniculata*	Delle Chiaje, 1822	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: banded bootlace 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.

French: ver rubané à lignes blanches

German: Gebänderter 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: ミサキヒモムシ／クロヘラヒモムシ

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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK.
additional source	Kajihara, H.; Chernyshev, A. V.; Sun, S.; Sundberg, P.; Crandall, F. B. (2008). Checklist of nemertean genera and species (Nemertea) published between 1995 and 2007. Species Diversity. 13: 245–274.
additional source	Gibson, R. (2009). Phylum Nemertea: ribbon worms. In: Gordon, D.P. (ed.), New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Volume 1: Kingdom Animalia Radiata, Lopotrochozoa, Deuteromstomia. Pp. 362–368.