Nemertodermatidae
| Nemertodermatidae | |
|---|---|
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| Three Meara stichopi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Metazoa |
| Phylum: | Acoelomorpha |
| Class: | Nemertodermatida |
| Family: | Nemertodermatidae Steinböck, 1930 |
| Genera | |
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Nemertodermatidae is a family of wormlike animals in the phylum Acoelomorpha. They are similar to the flatworms of the phylum Platyhelminthes, and were traditionally classified as such.
These are hermaphroditic marine worms with ciliated bodies containing a "sack-like gut".[1]
There are four genera:[2]
- Meara
- Meara stichopi Westblad 1949
- Nemertinoides
- Nemertinoides elongatus Riser 1987
- Nemertoderma
- Nemertoderma bathycola Steinböck 1930
- Nemertoderma westbladi (Westblad) Steinbock, 1938
- Sterreria
- Sterreria psammicola (Sterrer 1970)
References
- ↑ Børve, A. and A. Hejnol. (2014). Development and juvenile anatomy of the nemertodermatid Meara stichopi (Bock) Westblad 1949 (Acoelomorpha). Frontiers in Zoology 11 50.
- ↑ Nemertodermatidae Steinböck, 1930. In: Tyler, S. and T. Artois. World list of Acoelomorpha. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). 2014.
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