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

Tubulanus superbus (Kölliker, 1845)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Nemertes Johnston, 1837

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Carinella superba*		synonym
*Gordius anguis*	Dalyell, 1853	synonym
*Nemertes supera*		synonym
*Tubulans superba*		synonym
*Valencinia ornata*	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
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	Beckers, P.; Loesel, R.; Bartolomaeus, T. (2013). The nervous systems of basally branching Nemertea (Palaeonemertea). PLoS ONE. 8(6): e66137.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Tubulanus superbus (Kölliker, 1845). 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:122639