Etymology

(from Coe, W. R. (1901). Papers from the Harriman Alaska Expedition. XX. The nemerteans.. Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci.. 1-110.)

This species is named in honor of Prof. Dr. Otto Buerger, of Gottingen, whose monograph on the nemerteans of the Gulf of Naples forms by far the most important contribution which has yet appeared relating to this group of worms.