Gorgonorhynchus albocinctus Kajihara, 2015
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
- Gorgonorhynchus albocinctus Kajihara, 2015
- Name authority
- Kajihara, 2015
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Nemertea
- Class
- Pilidiophora
- Order
- Heteronemertea
- Family
- Lineidae
- Genus
- Gorgonorhynchus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
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
- classPilidiophora Thollesson & Norenburg, 2003
- orderHeteronemertea Bürger, 1892
- familyLineidae McIntosh, 1874
- genusGorgonorhynchus Dakin & Fordham, 1931
- speciesGorgonorhynchus albocinctus Kajihara, 2015
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
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.
- Kajihara, H. (2015). A histology-free description of the branched-proboscis ribbon worm Gorgonorhynchus albocinctus sp. nov. (Nemertea: Heteronemertea). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 43: 92–102. https://doi.org/10.5134/199852 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:3H38M. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.