Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Nemertea > Class Enopla > Subclass Hoplonemertea > Order Monostilifera > Suborder Eumonostilifera > Family Oerstediidae > Genus Oerstedia

Oerstedia dorsalis (Abildgaard, 1806)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Oerstedia*	Quatrefages, 1846	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Oerstedia nigrimaculata*	(Gibson, 1988)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: Ørsteds slimbændel

Literature

original description	Abildgaard, P.C., 1806. In: O.F. Müller, Zoologia Danica, 4.
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	Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 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	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	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	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (85 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nemertea Collection
GenBank (215 nucleotides; 71 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gibson, R. (2014). Oerstedia dorsalis. 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:122817