Micrura

Micrura
Micrura verrilli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nemertea
Class: Pilidiophora
Order: Heteronemertea
Family: Lineidae
Genus: Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1828
Type species
Micrura fasciolata
Ehrenberg, 1828
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Alardus Busch, 1851
  • Stylus Johnston, 1865

Micrura is a genus of nemerteans belonging to the family Lineidae.[2]

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.[2]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Micrura:[1]

  • M. achrostocephala Gibson, 1997
  • M. affinis (Girard in Stimpson, 1854)
  • M. akkeshiensis Yamaoka, 1940
  • M. albida Verrill, 1879
  • M. albifrons Timofeev, 1911
  • M. ambigua Friedrich, 1958
  • M. atra Punnett, 1903
  • M. baltica Cantell, 1975
  • M. bathyalis Chernyshev, 2013
  • M. bella (Stimpson, 1857)
  • M. bergenicola Punnett, 1903
  • M. caeca Verrill, 1895
  • M. callima Sundberg & Gibson, 1995
  • M. candida Bürger, 1892
  • M. ceylanica (Schmarda, 1859)
  • M. chlorapardalis Schwartz & Norenburg, 2005
  • M. coei Gibson, 1995
  • M. corallifila Cantell, 1975
  • M. curacaoensis Stiasny-Wijnhoff, 1925
  • M. dorsalis Verrill, 1892
  • M. dorsovittata Takakura, 1898
  • M. elegans Senz, 1993
  • M. fasciolata Ehrenberg, 1828
  • M. filaris (Müller, 1780)
  • M. follini Joubin, 1902
  • M. impressa (Stimpson, 1857)
  • M. kulikovae Chernyshev, 1992
  • M. leidyi (Verrill, 1892)
  • M. lithotamnii Ushakov, 1928
  • M. magna Yamaoka, 1940
  • M. multinotara Iwata, 1957
  • M. nebulosa Coe, 1905
  • M. nigrirostris Coe, 1904
  • M. olivaris Coe, 1905
  • M. pacifica Friedrich, 1970
  • M. pardalis Haddon, 1886
  • M. pleuropolia Cantell, 1994
  • M. pseudovaricolor Senz, 1993
  • M. purpurea (Dalyell, 1853)
  • M. rockalliensis Dollfus, 1924
  • M. rovinjensis Senz, 1993
  • M. rubra Verrill, 1892
  • M. rubramaculosa Schwartz & Norenburg, 2005
  • M. scotica Stephenson, 1911
  • M. trigonocephala (Schmarda, 1859)
  • M. tristis (Hubrecht, 1879)
  • M. vanderhorsti Stiasny-Wijnhoff, 1925
  • M. varicolor Punnett, 1903
  • M. verrilli Coe, 1901
  • M. wilsoni (Coe, 1904)

References

  1. 1 2 Gibson R (ed.). "Micrura Ehrenberg, 1828". World Nemertea Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
  2. 1 2 "Micrura Ehrenberg, 1828". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 4 July 2021.