WoRMS taxon details
Oerstedia Quatrefages, 1846
122423 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122423)
accepted
Genus
Oerstedia maculata Quatrefages, 1846 accepted as Oerstedia dorsalis (Abildgaard, 1806) (type by subsequent designation)
Cryptonemertes Gibson, 1986 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nemertopsella Friedrich, 1958 · unaccepted > junior homonym (Preoccupied by Nemertopsella...)
Preoccupied by Nemertopsella Wheeler, 1940
Oerstdia · unaccepted (Spelling Variation)
Oerstedia (Paroerstediella) Chernyshev, 1993 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Oerstediella Friedrich, 1935 · unaccepted ((Envall and Sundberg, 1993: 308))
Oertedia · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Paraoerstedia · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Paroerstedia Friedrich, 1955 · unaccepted (Synonym)
- Species Oerstedia actinophila (Bürger, 1904)
- Species Oerstedia crassus (Senz, 1993)
- Species Oerstedia dorsalis (Abildgaard, 1806)
- Species Oerstedia dorsalis sensu Iwata, 1954
- Species Oerstedia esbenseni (Wheeler, 1934)
- Species Oerstedia fuscosparsa Abato, Yoshida & Kajihara, 2023
- Species Oerstedia gulliveri (Bürger, 1893)
- Species Oerstedia immutabilis (Riches, 1893)
- Species Oerstedia laminariae Friedrich, 1936
- Species Oerstedia nigra (Riches, 1893)
- Species Oerstedia oculata (Kulikova, 1987)
- Species Oerstedia phoresiae (Kulikova, 1987)
- Species Oerstedia polyorbis Iwata, 1954
- Species Oerstedia pseudoculata Abato, Chernyshev, Hookabe, Tsuyuki, Kaushik & Kajihara, 2024
- Species Oerstedia rugosa Abato, Chernyshev, Hookabe, Tsuyuki, Kaushik & Kajihara, 2024
- Species Oerstedia rustica (Joubin, 1890)
- Species Oerstedia sashae Chernyshev & Kuznetsov, 2024
- Species Oerstedia similiformis (Friedrich, 1935)
- Species Oerstedia sofiae Chernyshev & Kuznetsov, 2024
- Species Oerstedia striata Sundberg, 1988
- Species Oerstedia tenuicollis (Kirsteuer, 1963)
- Species Oerstedia venusta Iwata, 1954
- Species Oerstedia verae (Chernyshev, 1993)
- Species Oerstedia viridifusca Abato, Chernyshev, Hookabe, Tsuyuki, Kaushik & Kajihara, 2024
- Species Oerstedia wheeleri Chernyshev, 1992
- Species Oerstedia wijnhoffae Friedrich, 1935
- Subgenus Oerstedia (Paroerstediella) Chernyshev, 1993 accepted as Oerstedia Quatrefages, 1846 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Oerstedia armata (Quatrefages, 1846) accepted as Tetrastemma quatrefagesi (Bürger, 1904) (unaccepted > junior homonym)
- Species Oerstedia aurantiaca du Plessis, 1891 accepted as Ototyphlonemertes (Ototyphlonemertes) aurantiaca (du Plessis, 1891) (New Combination)
- Species Oerstedia baculus (Quatrefages, 1846) accepted as Tetrastemma baculus (Quatrefages, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Oerstedia cassidens Marenzeller, 1886 accepted as Tetrastemma cassidens (Marenzeller, 1886) (synonym)
- Species Oerstedia claparedei du Plessis, 1891 accepted as Ototyphlonemertes claparedii (du Plessis, 1891) (synonym)
- Species Oerstedia claparedii du Plessis, 1891 accepted as Ototyphlonemertes claparedii (du Plessis, 1891) (New Combination)
- Species Oerstedia maculata Quatrefages, 1846 accepted as Oerstedia dorsalis (Abildgaard, 1806) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Oerstedia maculata Wheeler, 1934 accepted as Oerstedia wheeleri Chernyshev, 1992 (unaccepted > junior homonym, synonym)
- Species Oerstedia nigrimaculata (Gibson, 1988) accepted as Oerstedia dorsalis (Abildgaard, 1806) (junior synonym)
- Species Oerstedia pallida Keferstein, 1862 accepted as Ototyphlonemertes (Ototyphlonemertes) pallida (Keferstein, 1862) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Oerstedia patriciae Oxner, 1907 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Oerstedia puchella (Quatrefages, 1846) accepted as Tetrastemma melanocephalum (Johnston, 1837) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Oerstedia roscoviensis Oxner, 1907 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Oerstedia russica (Joubin, 1890) accepted as Oerstedia rustica (Joubin, 1890) (Lapsus calami?)
- Species Oerstedia tubicola Quartrefages, 1846 accepted as Oerstedia dorsalis (Abildgaard, 1806) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Oerstedia unicolor Hubrecht, 1879 accepted as Tetrastemma unicolor (Hubrecht, 1879) (synonym)
- Species Oerstedia valentinae (Chernyshev, 1993) accepted as Oerstedia oculata (Kulikova, 1987) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Oerstedia vittata Hubrecht, 1879 accepted as Tetrastemma vittigerum (Bürger, 1904) (synonym)
- Species Oerstedia wijnhoffi Friedrich, 1935 accepted as Oerstedia wijnhoffae Friedrich, 1935 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling, synonym)
- Species Oerstedia zebra (Chernyshev, 1993) accepted as Oerstedia oculata (Kulikova, 1987) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Quatrefages, A. (1846). Étude sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des annelés. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie.</em> 6: 173–303., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408183
page(s): 221-222 [details]
page(s): 221-222 [details]
Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Oerstedia Quatrefages, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122423 on 2025-07-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Quatrefages, A. (1846). Étude sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des annelés. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie.</em> 6: 173–303., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13408183
page(s): 221-222 [details]
original description (of Cryptonemertes Gibson, 1986) Gibson, R. (1986). Redescription and taxonomic reappraisal of <i>Nemertopsis actinophila</i> Bürger, 1904 (Nemertea: Hoplonemertea: Monostilifera). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 39(1): 42–60. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Oerstediella Friedrich, 1935) Friedrich, H. (1935). Studien zur Morphologie, Systematik und Ökologie der Nemertinen der Kieler Bucht. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Neue Folge.</em> 4: 293–375. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Oerstedia (Paroerstediella) Chernyshev, 1993) Chernyshev, A. V. (1993). Obzor rodov nemertin blizkikh k <i>Oerstedia</i> (Monostilifera, Tetrastemmatidae), s opisaniem chetyrekh novykh vidov [A review of the genera of nemerteans allied to <i>Oerstedia</i> (Monostilifera, Tetrastemmatidae) with description of four new species]. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 72(3): 11–20. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 221-222 [details]
original description (of Cryptonemertes Gibson, 1986) Gibson, R. (1986). Redescription and taxonomic reappraisal of <i>Nemertopsis actinophila</i> Bürger, 1904 (Nemertea: Hoplonemertea: Monostilifera). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 39(1): 42–60. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Oerstediella Friedrich, 1935) Friedrich, H. (1935). Studien zur Morphologie, Systematik und Ökologie der Nemertinen der Kieler Bucht. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Neue Folge.</em> 4: 293–375. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Oerstedia (Paroerstediella) Chernyshev, 1993) Chernyshev, A. V. (1993). Obzor rodov nemertin blizkikh k <i>Oerstedia</i> (Monostilifera, Tetrastemmatidae), s opisaniem chetyrekh novykh vidov [A review of the genera of nemerteans allied to <i>Oerstedia</i> (Monostilifera, Tetrastemmatidae) with description of four new species]. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 72(3): 11–20. [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Envall, M.; Sundberg, P. (1993). Intraspecific variation in nemerteans (Nemertea): synonymization of genera Paroerstedia and Oerstediella with Oerstedia. <em>Journal of Zoology.</em> 230(2): 293-318., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1993.tb02687.x [details]
Other
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 [request]
additional source Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]
additional source Stiasny-Wijnhoff, G. (1930). Die Gattung Oerstedia. Zoologische Mededeelingen, Leiden, 13: 226-240, available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/319090 [details]
[request]additional source Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK. [details]
additional source Stiasny-Wijnhoff, G. (1930). Die Gattung Oerstedia. Zoologische Mededeelingen, Leiden, 13: 226-240, available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/319090 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
