NEMERTEA
(proboscis worms, ribbon worms)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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Class 2 subtaxa 41 images
Subclass 2 subtaxa 41 images
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Family 2 subtaxa 41 images
Class 2 subtaxa 42 images 2 ident. refs
Subclass 2 subtaxa 42 images 2 ident. refs
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Order 2 subtaxa 42 images 2 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
PhylumNEMERTEA (proboscis worms, ribbon worms)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Gibson, R. 1994 Nemerteans (2nd ed) Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 24, 2nd edition edition, 224pp, Field Studies Council
Gibson, R. 1982 *** British Nemerteans ***(Superseded) Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 24, The Linnean Society of London
Gregory, J. British Marine Life Pictures www.britishmarinelifepictures.co.uk/gallery.html
Jones, H. Flatworm Zoo www.youtube.com/user/flatwormzoo/videos

Freshwater

Gibson, R. & Moore, J. 1976 Freshwater Nemerteans Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society Vol 58 (3): 177-218.
Visser, H. & Veldhuijzen van Zanten, H.H. European Limnofauna wbd.etibioinformatics.nl/bis/limno.php

Marine

Fish, J.D. & Fish, S. 2011 A Student’s Guide to the Seashore 3rd edition, Cambridge University Press
in the field() Gibson, R., Hextall, B. & Rogers, A. 2001 Photographic Guide to the Sea & Shore Life of Britain & North-west Europe Oxford Natural History, 436pp, Oxford University Press
() Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds) 1996 Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe reprint with minor corrections edition, 800pp, Oxford University Press
() Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds) 1990 The Marine Fauna of the British Isles and north-west Europe 2 volumes, 996pp, Clarendon Press
McIntosh, W.C. 1873 *** A monograph of the British marine annelids ***(Superseded) Vol 49, 50, 87, 91, 97, 100, 106 & 107, The Ray Society, London
Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/

Planktonic Larval Stages

() Conway, D.V.P. 2012 Marine zooplankton of southern Britain. Part 1: Radiolaria, Heliozoa, Foraminifera, Ciliophora, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Platyhelminthes, Nemertea, Rotifera and Mollusca Occasional Publications, No. 25, 138pp, Marine Biological Association

Planktonic Stages

Todd, C.D., Laverack, M.S. & Boxshall, G. 1996 Coastal Marine Zooplankton: A Practical Manual for Students 2nd edition, 106pp, Cambridge University Press

Terrestrial

Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. & Sankey, J. 1961 *** Land Invertebrates, a guide to British worms, molluscs and arthropods, excluding insects ***(Superseded) 156pp, Methuen & Co. Ltd.

NEMERTEA (proboscis worms, ribbon worms) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for NEMERTEA (proboscis worms, ribbon worms)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 23 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for NEMERTEA (proboscis worms, ribbon worms)
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