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

Tetrastemma Ehrenberg, 1831

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Otoloxorrhochma*	Diesing, 1863	synonym
*Psammamphiporus*	Gibson, 1989	synonym

Children

Tetrastemma albolineatum (Timofeeva, 1912)
Tetrastemma ambiguum Riches, 1893
Tetrastemma angulatus Senz, 1993
Tetrastemma aseptata (Friedrich, 1935)
Tetrastemma assimile Örsted, 1844
Tetrastemma bacescui Müller, 1962
Tetrastemma baculus (Quatrefages, 1846)
Tetrastemma beaumonti (Southern, 1913)
Tetrastemma bioculatum Örsted, 1843
Tetrastemma bipeltatum (Timofeeva, 1912)
Tetrastemma bistriatum (Timofeeva, 1912)
Tetrastemma brunnea (Friedrich, 1935)
Tetrastemma buxeum Bürger, 1895
Tetrastemma candidum (Müller, 1774)
Tetrastemma cassidens (Marenzeller, 1886)
Tetrastemma cephalophorum Bürger, 1895
Tetrastemma cerasinum Bürger, 1895
Tetrastemma coronatum (Quatrefages, 1846)
Tetrastemma cruciatum Bürger, 1895
Tetrastemma diadema Hubrecht, 1879
Tetrastemma dubium Örsted, 1845
Tetrastemma elongatum (Stephenson, 1911)
Tetrastemma falsum Bürger, 1895
Tetrastemma flavidum Ehrenberg, 1828
Tetrastemma fozense Gibson & Junoy, 1991
Tetrastemma fulvum Kirsteuer, 1963
Tetrastemma glanduliferum Bürger, 1895
Tetrastemma graeffei (Diesing, 1863)
Tetrastemma helvolum Bürger, 1895
Tetrastemma hermaphroditicum (Keferstein, 1868)
Tetrastemma herouardi (Oxner, 1908)
Tetrastemma humile (Quatrefages, 1846)
Tetrastemma interruptum Bürger, 1895
Tetrastemma kefersteinii (Marion, 1869)
Tetrastemma kirsteueri Senz, 1995
Tetrastemma knochii (Kölliker, 1845)
Tetrastemma laminariae Ushakov, 1928
Tetrastemma leonillae (Oxner, 1908)
Tetrastemma longissimum Bürger, 1895
Tetrastemma lophoheliae Bergendal, 1903
Tetrastemma marionis Joubin, 1890
Tetrastemma melanocephalum (Johnston, 1837)
Tetrastemma mixtum (Timofeeva, 1912)
Tetrastemma nimbatum Bürger, 1895
Tetrastemma peltatum Bürger, 1895
Tetrastemma portus Bürger, 1895
Tetrastemma quadristriatum Langerhans, 1880
Tetrastemma quatrefagesi (Bürger, 1904)
Tetrastemma robertianae McIntosh, 1874
Tetrastemma scutelliferum Bürger, 1895
Tetrastemma simplex (Timofeev, 1911)
Tetrastemma subpellucidum Örsted, 1843
Tetrastemma timofeevai Gibson, 1995
Tetrastemma tutus (Monastero, 1930)
Tetrastemma unicolor (Hubrecht, 1879)
Tetrastemma vastum Bürger, 1895
Tetrastemma vermiculus (Quatrefages, 1846)
Tetrastemma viera (Timofeev, 1911)
Tetrastemma viperula (Timofeev, 1911)
Tetrastemma virgatum Kirsteuer, 1963
Tetrastemma vittigerum (Bürger, 1904)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: テトラステマ属

Literature

basis of record	Chernyshev, A. V.; Polyakova, N. E.; Kajihara, H.; Norenburg, J. L. (2021). A molecular phylogeny of Tetrastemma and its allies (Nemertea, Monostilifera). Zoologica Scripta. 50 (6): 824–836.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Tetrastemma Ehrenberg, 1831. 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:122419