Curranemertes natans Kirsteuer, 1973
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Curranemertes natans Kirsteuer, 1973
- Name authority
- Kirsteuer, 1973
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Nemertea
- Class
- Hoplonemertea
- Order
- Polystilifera
- Family
- Drepanophoridae
- Genus
- Curranemertes
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumNemertea
- classHoplonemertea Hubrecht, 1879
- orderPolystilifera Brinkmann, 1917
- suborderReptantia Brinkmann, 1917
- infraorderEureptantia Stiasny-Wijnhoff, 1923
- familyDrepanophoridae Verrill, 1892
- genusCurranemertes Kirsteuer, 1973
- speciesCurranemertes natans Kirsteuer, 1973
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Punnettia natans (Kirsteuer, 1973) (Kirsteuer, 1973) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Kirsteuer, E. (1973). A new polystiliferous hoplonemertean, Curranemertes natans gen. et sp.n., from the Caribbean Sea (Nemertina, Polystilifera Reptantia). Zoologica Scripta, 2. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1974.tb00744.x Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:32KJP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.