Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nemertea > Class Hoplonemertea > Order Monostilifera > Suborder Eumonostilifera > Infraorder Amphiporina > Family Emplectonematidae

Emplectonema Stimpson, 1857

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Eunemertes*	Vaillant, 1890	synonym
*Nemertes*	Johnston, 1837	synonym
*Nemertes (Nemertes)*	Johnston, 1837	synonym

Children

Emplectonema bocki Brunberg, 1957
Emplectonema duoni (Joubin, 1890)
Emplectonema echinoderma (Marion, 1873)
Emplectonema gracile (Johnston, 1837)
Emplectonema intestinalis Friedrich, 1958
Emplectonema marioni (Hubrecht, 1879)
Emplectonema nordgaardi (Punnett, 1903)
Emplectonema spongicola (Bergendal, 1903)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: エムプレクトネマ属

Literature

original description	Stimpson, W.; Ringgold, C.; Rodgers, J.;. (1857). Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in expeditione ad oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, Johanne Rogers duce a Republica Federata missa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 9: 159-165.
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.
status source	Chernyshev, A. V. (2005). System of families of Enoplan nemerteans of the order Eumonostilifera (Nemertea: Enopla). Russian Journal of Marine Biology. 31(suppl. 1): 27–33.
subsequent type designation	Mendes, C. B.; Delaney, P.; Turbeville, J. M.; Hiebert, T.; Maslakova, S. (2021). Redescription of Emplectonema viride – a ubiquitous intertidal hoplonemertean found along the West Coast of North America. ZooKeys. 1031: 1-17.

Genbank

Citation

Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Emplectonema Stimpson, 1857. 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:122404