Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia

Nemertea

Rank: Phylum
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Phylum group names

*Nemertina*		synonym; alternate representation

Children

Anopla
Enopla
Enopla Schultze, 1851
Nemertea incertae sedis
Palaeonemertea

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: ribbon worms sources: Hayward, P.J.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1996). Collins pocket guide: sea shore of Britain and Europe. Collins pocket guides. Harper-Collins Publishers: London, UK. ISBN 0-00-219955-6. 352 pp.

English-United States: ribbon worms sources: Charles Hussey

Swedish: slemmaskar

Literature

basis of record	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.
source of synonymy	Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1982). Five Kingdoms : an illustrated guide to the phyla of life on earth. Second edition. Freeman.

Taxon found in 405 publications.

No records found.

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Citation

Norenburg, J. (2014). Nemertea. In: Norenburg, J.; Gibson, R. (2014) World Nemertea database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152391

Prof. Ray Gibson. Nemertea. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=16153