Shoreham Beach;31 - Nemertea;BQDAC0020;MRG826-04;Tetrastemma sp. SMSA002;SMSA002;SP02602;AN020562;NMVF290182;PID0191429
Shoreham Beach;31 - Nemertea;BQDAC0020;MRG826-04;Tetrastemma sp. SMSA002;SMSA002;SP02602;AN020562;NMVF290182;PID0191429
Species ID
OC-SP-0002954
Discovered
Phylum
Nemertea
Species ID
OC-SP-0002954
Provisional Species Name
Tetrastemma sp_SMSA002
Lowest Valid Taxon Name in WoRMS
Tetrastemma
Lowest Known Rank
Genus
Status
Discovered
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Embargo
No
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Nemertea
Class
Hoplonemertea
Order
Monostilifera
Family
Tetrastemmatidae
Genus
Tetrastemma
Date Identified
20/01/2026
Taxonomic Remarks
Can be differentiated from other locally co-occuring Tetrastemma spp. by light yellow patch on head, in combination with the characteristics of the stylet armature, and COI sequence data.
Received All Minimal Data for Discovery
08/04/2026
Description of Material
Body 8 mm long, 0.9 mm wide. Background colour cream, semitranslucent. Cephalic lobe very light yellow, wider than body, bluntly rounded, 1.15 times longer than wide, separated from body by neck furrow. Oblique cerebral organ furrows visible dorsally and ventrally. Two pairs of ocelli. Posterior tip rounded. Rhynchocoel reaches posterior tip of body. Stylet basis pear shaped, stout, with slight constriction in centre, widest at its distal rounded end. S/B = 0.6. Two accessory stylet sacs with 2 to 3 stylets in each.
Ecology
Lives in coralline algae and scum on sides of rocks in intertidal zone.
Distribution
Species is only known from one specimen from Shoreham Beach, Victoria, Australia.
Scientific Name Authorship
Maslakova, Svetlana
Shoreham Beach;31 - Nemertea;BQDAC0020;MRG826-04;Tetrastemma sp. SMSA002;SMSA002;SP02602;AN020562;NMVF290182;PID0191429
Shoreham Beach;31 - Nemertea;BQDAC0020;MRG826-04;Tetrastemma sp. SMSA002;SMSA002;SP02602;AN020562;NMVF290182;PID0191429
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