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

Tetrastemma candidum (Müller, 1774)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tetrastemma*	Ehrenberg, 1831	accepted genus name
*Otoloxorrhochma*	Diesing, 1863	synonym
*Psammamphiporus*	Gibson, 1989	synonym

Species group names

*Fasciola candida*	Müller, 1774	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	Gibson, R. (2009). Phylum Nemertea: ribbon worms. In: Gordon, D.P. (ed.), New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Volume 1: Kingdom Animalia Radiata, Lopotrochozoa, Deuteromstomia. Pp. 362–368.
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	Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London. 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455].
additional source	Norenburg, J. L. 2009. Nemertea of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 553–558 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Senz, W. (1993). Nemertinen europäischer Küstenbereiche (Nebst erganzenden Angaben zur Anatomie von Apatronemertes albimaculosa Wilfert & Gibson 1974). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien Serie B Botanik und Zoologie., 94/95: 47-145
additional source	Gosner, K.L. (1979). A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore. Invertebrates and Seaweeds of the Atlantic Coast from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras. Wiley-Interscience, Boston. 329pp., figs. 1-72, pls. 1-64. [pdf copepods only].
additional source	Miner, R. W. (1950). Field book of seashore life. G.P. Putnam & Sons. 1-888.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324.
additional source	Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK.
additional source	Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.

Genbank

Citation

Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Tetrastemma candidum (Müller, 1774). 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:122764