Cerebratulus lacteus (Leidy, 1851)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Species group names

*Meckelia lactea*	Leidy, 1851	basionym
*Cerebratulus acteus*		synonym
*Cerebratulus ingens*		synonym
*Meckelia ingens*		synonym
*Meckelia lactea*	Leidy, 1851	synonym
*Meckelia lizziae*		synonym
*Meckelia pocohontas*		synonym
*Micrura lactea*	(Hubrecht)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: milky nemertean

Literature

basis of record	Gibson, R. (2005) Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK
additional source	Bromley, J.E.C., and J.S. Bleakney. 1984. Keys to the fauna and flora of Minas Basin. National Research Council of Canada Report 24119. 366 p.
additional source	Meinkoth, N.A. 1981. Field guide to North American seashore creatures. The Audubon Society. Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 799 p.
additional source	Miner, R. W. 1950. Field book of seashore life. G.P. Putnam & Sons. New York. 888 p.
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. 693 p.
additional source	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
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.
additional source	Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.
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	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (109 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection
Barcode of Life
GenBank (53 nucleotides; 60 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gibson, R. (2014). Cerebratulus lacteus (Leidy, 1851). In: Norenburg, J.; Gibson, R. (2014) World Nemertea database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147322