Blanket Bay - Inc Point Lewis;31 - Nemertea;BQDAC0020;MRG871-12;Tetrastemma sp. SMSA012;SMSA012;SP03112;AN019317;NMVF290208;PID0164414
Species ID
OC-SP-0002961
Discovered
Phylum
Nemertea
Species ID
OC-SP-0002961
Provisional Species Name
Tetrastemma sp_SMSA012
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
Distinct color in life (especially the pattern on the head) is sufficient to distinguish this species from other local Tetrastemma spp.; it can also be differentiated by COI sequence data.
Received All Minimal Data for Discovery
08/04/2026
Description of Material
Body 7 to 28 mm long, 0.3 to 1 mm wide, with semi-trsanslucent margins. Background colour tangerine to light brown. Two pairs of eyes. Cephalic lobe wider than body, diamond shaped, 1.5 times longer than wide, separated from body by a neck furrow; with a white anterior margin and a narrow transverse dark brown band connecting the two anterior eyes. Prominent oblique cerebral organ furrows visible dorsally and ventrally. Posterior tip rounded. With 3 – 7 oocytes per ovary. Rhynchocoel extends to near posterior tip. Stylet basis elongated, pear shaped, widest at its distal rounded end. S/B = 0.5. Two accessory stylet sacs with 1 – 2 stylets in each.
Ecology
Found in a wide range of habitats (sponge, sea weed, gravel and around sea squirts) in somewhat sheltered locations on exposed coasts in the intertidal zone.
Distribution
From Blanket Bay to Cape Conran, Victoria, Australia
Scientific Name Authorship
Maslakova, Svetlana
Blanket Bay - Inc Point Lewis;31 - Nemertea;BQDAC0020;MRG871-12;Tetrastemma sp. SMSA012;SMSA012;SP03112;AN019317;NMVF290208;PID0164414
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