Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nemertea > Class Pilidiophora > Order Heteronemertea > Family Valenciniidae > Subfamily Baseodiscinae > Genus Baseodiscus

Baseodiscus delineatus (Delle Chiaje, 1822)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Baseodiscus*	Diesing, 1850	accepted genus name
*Polia*	Delle Chiaje, 1822	junior homonym
*Balanocephalus*	Kennel, 1891	synonym
*Eupolia*	Hubrecht, 1887	synonym

Species group names

*Polia delineata*	Delle Chiaje, 1822	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: イソヒモムシ

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	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.
additional source	Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK.
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.
new combination reference	Diesing, C.M. [[Karl Moritz, usually as Latin C. M = Carolo Mauritio]. (1850). Systema Helminthum. Vol. I. [book]. xiii[xvi] + 679 pp.W. Vindobonae, Braumüller, Wien.

Genbank

Citation

Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Baseodiscus delineatus (Delle Chiaje, 1822). 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:122577