Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nemertea > Class Palaeonemertea > Order Tubulaniformes > Family Tubulanidae > Genus Tubulanus

Tubulanus polymorphus [Renier], [1804]

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tubulanus*	[Renier], [1804]	accepted genus name
*Tubulans*		orthographic variant
*Carinella*	Johnston, 1833	synonym

Species group names

*Carinella polymorpha*	(Renier, 1804)	synonym
*Carinella speciosa*	Coe, 1901	synonym
*Nemertes polymorpha*		synonym
*Ophyocephalus polymorphus*		synonym
*Valencia splendida*		synonym
*Valencinia splendida*	Quatrefages, 1846	synonym

Literature

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
basis of record	Gibson, R. (1995). Nemertean genera and species of the world: an annotated checklist of original names and description citations, synonyms, current taxonomic status, habitats and recorded zoogeographic distribution. Journal of Natural History. 29(2): 271–561.
additional source	International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature. (1988). Opinion 1486. Tubulanus Renier, [1804] and T. polymorphus Renier, [1804] (Nemertea): reinstated and made available. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 45(2): 157-158.
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.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
status source	von Döhren, Jörn; Daria Krämer & Thomas Bartolomaeus. (2015). Analysis of a comprehensive data set on Tubulanus polymorphus Renier, 1804 leads to a separation of the species and to re-establishment of Tubulanus (Carinella) ruber (Griffin, 1898). 16th Annual Meeting of the GfbS.
status source	International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (IZCN). (1957). Opinion 436. Addition to the "Official Indexes of Rejected and Invalid Names in Zoology" of certain names attributed to Renier (S.A.) as from 1804 and 1807, respectively ("Opinion" supplementary to "Opinion" 427. Opinions and Declarations Rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 15(1): 1–24.
original description (unavailable nomenclaturally)	[Renier, S. A.]. ([1804]). Prospetto della Classe dei Vermi Nominati e Ordinati secondo il Sistema di Bosc [Work No. 25 on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Works in Zoological Nomenclature; see ICZN Opinion 316.]. [Page proofs of introductory book text in folio sheets, never published]. xv-xxvi [Padua, Italy].

Genbank

Citation

Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Tubulanus polymorphus [Renier], [1804]. 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:122637