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

Emplectonema gracile (Johnston, 1837)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Emplectonema*	Stimpson, 1857	accepted genus name
*Eunemertes*	Vaillant, 1890	synonym
*Nemertes*	Johnston, 1837	synonym
*Nemertes (Nemertes)*	Johnston, 1837	synonym

Species group names

*Nemertes (Nemertes) gracilis*	Johnston, 1837	synonym
*Nemertes gracilis*	Johnston, 1837	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ホソミドリヒモムシ

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	Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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.
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.
biology source	Valero-Gracia, A.; Roberts, N. G.; Yap-Chiongco, M.; Capucho, A. T.; Kocot, K. M.; Matschiner, M.; Struck, T. H. (2024). First chromosome-level genome assembly of a rbbon worm from the Hoplonemertea clade, Emplectonema gracile, and its structural annotation. Genome Biology and Evolution. 16(7).

Genbank

Citation

Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Emplectonema gracile (Johnston, 1837). 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:122710