Tetrastemma nigrifrons, White-lined ribbon worm
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Tetrastemma nigrifrons   Coe, 1904

White-lined ribbon worm

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Tetrastemma nigrifrons  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Hoplonemertea | Monostilifera | Tetrastemmatidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 3 - 8 m (Ref. 410).  Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northern Pacific and Northeast Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found under stones or among Laminaria sp. roots near low tide mark (Ref. 907), common among algae, ascidians, and encrusting growths on rocks and piers (Ref. 966).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the phylum Nemertea are mostly gonochoric. Life cycle: Eggs hatch and develop into short-lived lecitotrophic larvae before metamorphosing into juveniles and further into adults.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Chernyshev, A.V. 1998 Nemerteans of the genus Tetrastemma (Enopia, Monostilifera) from seas of the Russian Far East. Russian Journal of Zoology. 2(3):378-385. Translated from Zoologicheskii Zhurnal. 77(9):995-1002. (Ref. 410)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 5.9 - 26.4, mean 11.6 (based on 1651 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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