WoRMS taxon details
Micrura Ehrenberg, 1828
122360 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122360)
accepted
Genus
Micrura fasciolata Ehrenberg, 1828 (type by monotypy)
Alardus Busch, 1851 · unaccepted (Junior synonym)
Stylus Johnston, 1865 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Micrura achrostocephala Gibson, 1997
- Species Micrura affinis (Girard in Stimpson, 1854)
- Species Micrura akkeshiensis Yamaoka, 1940
- Species Micrura albida Verrill, 1879
- Species Micrura albifrons Timofeev, 1911
- Species Micrura ambigua Friedrich, 1958
- Species Micrura atra Punnett, 1903
- Species Micrura baltica Cantell, 1975
- Species Micrura bathyalis Chernyshev, 2013
- Species Micrura bella (Stimpson, 1857)
- Species Micrura bergenicola Punnett, 1903
- Species Micrura caeca Verrill, 1895
- Species Micrura callima Sundberg & Gibson, 1995
- Species Micrura candida Bürger, 1892
- Species Micrura ceylanica (Schmarda, 1859)
- Species Micrura chlorapardalis Schwartz & Norenburg, 2005
- Species Micrura coei Gibson, 1995
- Species Micrura corallifila Cantell, 1975
- Species Micrura curacaoensis Stiasny-Wijnhoff, 1925
- Species Micrura dorsalis Verrill, 1892
- Species Micrura dorsovittata Takakura, 1898
- Species Micrura elegans Senz, 1993
- Species Micrura fasciolata Ehrenberg, 1828
- Species Micrura filaris (Müller, 1780)
- Species Micrura follini Joubin, 1902
- Species Micrura impressa (Stimpson, 1857)
- Species Micrura kulikovae Chernyshev, 1992
- Species Micrura leidyi (Verrill, 1892)
- Species Micrura lithotamnii Ushakov, 1928
- Species Micrura magna Yamaoka, 1940
- Species Micrura multinotara Iwata, 1957
- Species Micrura nebulosa Coe, 1905
- Species Micrura nigrirostris Coe, 1904
- Species Micrura olivaris Coe, 1905
- Species Micrura pacifica Friedrich, 1970
- Species Micrura pardalis Haddon, 1886
- Species Micrura pleuropolia Cantell, 1994
- Species Micrura pseudovaricolor Senz, 1993
- Species Micrura purpurea (Dalyell, 1853)
- Species Micrura rockalliensis Dollfus, 1924
- Species Micrura rovinjensis Senz, 1993
- Species Micrura rubra Verrill, 1892
- Species Micrura rubramaculosa Schwartz & Norenburg, 2005
- Species Micrura scotica Stephenson, 1911
- Species Micrura trigonocephala (Schmarda, 1859)
- Species Micrura tristis (Hubrecht, 1879)
- Species Micrura vanderhorsti Stiasny-Wijnhoff, 1925
- Species Micrura varicolor Punnett, 1903
- Species Micrura verrilli Coe, 1901
- Species Micrura wilsoni (Coe, 1904)
- Species Micrura alaskensis Coe, 1901 accepted as Maculaura alaskensis (Coe, 1901) (New Combination)
- Species Micrura ancistroentis Korotkevich, 1978 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Micrura aurantiaca (Grube) accepted as Leucocephalonemertes aurantiaca (Grube, 1855) (synonym)
- Species Micrura bella sensu Kulikova & Kutishchev, 1984 accepted as Micrura kulikovae Chernyshev, 1992 (unaccepted > misapplication)
- Species Micrura dellechiajei (Hubrecht, 1879) accepted as Quasimicrura dellechiajei (Hubrecht, 1879) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Micrura formosana Yamaoka, 1939 accepted as Dushia nigra (Stimpson, 1855) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Micrura fusca McIntosh, 1874 accepted as Cerebratulus fuscus (McIntosh, 1874) (basionym)
- Species Micrura glandulosa Bürger, 1895 accepted as Chilineus glandulosus (Bürger, 1895) (unaccepted > superseded combination, synonym)
- Species Micrura griffini Coe, 1905 accepted as Micrura alaskensis Coe, 1901 accepted as Maculaura alaskensis (Coe, 1901) (synonym)
- Species Micrura ignea Schwartz & Norenburg, 2005 accepted as Archimicrura ignea (Schwartz & Norenburg, 2005) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Micrura inornata Verrill, 1879 accepted as Tarrhomyos luridus (Verrill, 1873) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Micrura japonica Iwata, 1952 accepted as Dushia nigra (Stimpson, 1855) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Micrura lactea (Hubrecht) accepted as Cerebratulus lacteus (Leidy, 1851) (synonym)
- Species Micrura multinotarum Iwata, 1957 accepted as Micrura multinotara Iwata, 1957 (synonym)
- Species Micrura obscura Friedrich, 1958 accepted as Euborlasia obscura (Friedrich, 1958) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
- Species Micrura pardalis Coe, 1905 accepted as Micrura coei Gibson, 1995 (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Micrura pardalis Haddon, 1886)
- Species Micrura tridacnae Gibson, 1981 accepted as Notospermus geniculatus (Delle Chiaje, 1822) (Synonym)
- Species Micrura uchidai Yamaoka, 1940 accepted as Nipponomicrura uchidai (Yamaoka, 1940) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
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feminine
Ehrenberg, C. G. (1828-1831). Phytozoa turbellaria Africana et Asiatica in Phytozoorum Tabula IV et V delineata. In: Hemprich, F.G., Ehrenberg, C.G. (Eds.), Symbolae physicae, seu icones et descriptiones corporum naturalium novorum aut minus cognitorum quae ex itineribus per Libyam, Aegyptium, Nubiam, Dongalum, Syriam, Arabiam, et Habessiniam, pars zoologica II, animalia evertebrata exclusis insecti. <em>Berlin: Officina Academica.</em> 53-67 + Plates IV-V., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48517191 [details]
LSID urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:8EF57679-FE33-42DA-95A6-ECD419202AC0
LSID urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:8EF57679-FE33-42DA-95A6-ECD419202AC0 [details]
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Micrura Ehrenberg, 1828. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122360 on 2025-06-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Ehrenberg, C. G. (1828-1831). Phytozoa turbellaria Africana et Asiatica in Phytozoorum Tabula IV et V delineata. In: Hemprich, F.G., Ehrenberg, C.G. (Eds.), Symbolae physicae, seu icones et descriptiones corporum naturalium novorum aut minus cognitorum quae ex itineribus per Libyam, Aegyptium, Nubiam, Dongalum, Syriam, Arabiam, et Habessiniam, pars zoologica II, animalia evertebrata exclusis insecti. <em>Berlin: Officina Academica.</em> 53-67 + Plates IV-V., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48517191 [details]
original description (of Alardus Busch, 1851) Busch, W. (1851). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklung einiger wirbellosen Seethiere. August Hirschwald, Berlin, pp. 143, pls 1-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9996133 [details]
basis of record Gibson, R. (2001). Nemertini (Nemertae), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 152-156 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Alardus Busch, 1851) Busch, W. (1851). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklung einiger wirbellosen Seethiere. August Hirschwald, Berlin, pp. 143, pls 1-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9996133 [details]
basis of record Gibson, R. (2001). Nemertini (Nemertae), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 152-156 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]
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. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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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. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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LSID urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:8EF57679-FE33-42DA-95A6-ECD419202AC0 [details]
