Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nemertea > Class Hoplonemertea > Order Monostilifera > Suborder Cratenemertea > Family Cratenemertidae

Nipponnemertes Gibson & Crandall, 1989

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nipponnemertes*	Friedrich, 1968	synonym

Children

Nipponnemertes danae (Friedrich, 1957)
Nipponnemertes magna (Punnett, 1903)
Nipponnemertes pulchra (Johnston, 1837)

Literature

original description	Gibson, R.; Crandall, F. B. (1989). The genus Amphiporus Ehrenberg (Nemertea, Enopla, Monostiliferoidea). Zoologica Scripta. 18(4): 453–470.
additional source	Kajihara, H. (2007). A taxonomic catalogue of Japanese nemerteans (Phylum Nemertea). Zoological Science. 24: 287–326.
additional source	Hookabe, N.; Kajihara, H.; Chernyshev, A. V.; Jimi, N.; Hasegawa, N.; Kohtsuka, H.; Okanishi, M.; Tani, K.; Fujiwara, Y.; Tsuchida, S.; Ueshima, R. (2022). Molecular phylogeny of the genus Nipponnemertes (Nemertea: Monostilifera: Cratenemertidae) and descriptions of 10 new species, with notes on small body size in a newly discovered clade. Frontiers in Marine Science. 9.

Genbank

Citation

Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Nipponnemertes Gibson & Crandall, 1989. 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:1652503