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

Cerebratulus lacteus (Leidy, 1851)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Meckelia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

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

*Cerebratulus acteus*		orthographic variant
*Cerebratulus ingens*	(Leidy, 1855)	synonym
*Meckelia ingens*	Leidy, 1855	synonym
*Meckelia lizziae*	Girard, 1853	synonym
*Meckelia pocohontas*	Girard, 1853	synonym
*Micrura lactea*	(Hubrecht)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: milky nemertean

Literature

basis of record	Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK.
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Meinkoth, N. A. (1981). Field guide to North American seashore creatures. The Audubon Society. 1-799.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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	Miner, R. W. (1950). Field book of seashore life. G.P. Putnam & Sons. 1-888.
additional source	Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324.
additional source	Bromley, J.E.C. & J.S. Bleakney. (1985). Keys to the fauna and flora of Minas Basin. National Research Council of Canada Report, Halifax, N.S. 24119: 366 PP.
additional source	Norenburg, J. L. 2009. Nemertea of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 553–558 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Citation

Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Cerebratulus lacteus (Leidy, 1851). 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:147322