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

Amphiporus superbus (Girard in Stimpson, 1854)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Amphiporus*	Ehrenberg, 1831	accepted genus name
*Amphiporus (Intestinonemertes)*	Friedrich, 1957	synonym
*Cosmocephala*	Stimpson, 1857	synonym
*Nareda*	Girard in Stimpson, 1854	synonym
*Omatoplea*	Diesing, 1850	synonym
*Polystemma*	Ehrenberg, 1828	synonym

Species group names

*Nareda superba*	Girard in Stimpson, 1854	synonym

Literature

original description	Stimpson W. (1854). Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan, or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 6: 1-67, pls 1-3.
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	Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK.

Genbank

Citation

Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Amphiporus superbus (Girard in Stimpson, 1854). 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:122683