Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nemertea > Class Palaeonemertea > Order Archinemertea > Family Cephalotrichidae

Cephalothrix Örsted, 1843

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Astemma*	Örsted, 1843	synonym
*Cephalotrix*	Oersted, 1844	synonym
*Procephalothrix*	Wijnhoff, 1913	synonym
*Procephalotrix*		synonym

Children

Cephalothrix adriatica (Senz, 1993)
Cephalothrix arenaria Hylbom, 1957
Cephalothrix atlantica Gerner, 1969
Cephalothrix bipunctata Bürger, 1892
Cephalothrix buergeri Wijnhoff, 1913
Cephalothrix filiformis (Johnston, 1828)
Cephalothrix galatheae Dieck, 1874
Cephalothrix germanica Gerner, 1969
Cephalothrix kiliensis (Friedrich, 1935)
Cephalothrix lactea Senz, 1993
Cephalothrix linearis (Rathke, 1799)
Cephalothrix lineata Claparède, 1862
Cephalothrix mediterranea Gerner, 1969
Cephalothrix oestrymnica (Junoy & Gibson, 1991)
Cephalothrix paragermanica Senz, 1993
Cephalothrix rufifrons (Johnston, 1837)
Cephalothrix viridis Chapuis, 1886

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ケファロツリックス属

Literature

original description	Örsted, A. S. (1843). Forsog til en ny Classification af Planarierne (Planariea Dugès) grundet paa mikroskopisk-anatomiske Undersogelser. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift. 4(8): 519–581.
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	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.
additional source	Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK.
taxonomy source	Kajihara, H. (2019). Resolving a 200-year-old taxonomic conundrum: neotype designation for Cephalothrix linearis (Nemertea: Palaeonemertea) based on a topotype from Bergen, Norway. Fauna norvegica. 39: 39–76.

Genbank

Citation

Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Cephalothrix Örsted, 1843. 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:122379