List of Nemertea of Ireland

This is a list of the 44 species of Nemertea (ribbon worms, proboscis worms) found in Ireland.^[1] ^[2]

1, 2 Euborlasia elizabethae (Lineidae);3 Micrura purpurea (Lineidae); 4 Leucocephalonemertes aurantiaca (Lineidae);5 Carinella annulata (Tubulanidae);6 Emplectonema neesii (Örsted, 1843)

Family Amphiporidae[]

Amphiporus bioculatus McIntosh, 1874
Amphiporus lactifloreus (Johnston, 1828)

Family Cephalothricidae[]

(Johnston, 1837)
Cephalothrix filiformis Johnston, 1828

Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770)

Family Lineidae []

(McIntosh, 1874)
Cerebratulus marginatus Renier, 1804
Southern, 1913
Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770)
(Müller, 1774)
(Müller, 1774)
Ehrenberg, 1828
(Dalyell, 1853)
Rathke, 1843

Family Emplectonematidae[]

Emplectonema gracile (Johnston, 1837)
(McIntosh, 1873/74)

Family Cratenemertidae[]

Nipponnemertes pulchra (Johnston, 1837)

Tetrastemmatidae, Oerstediidae, Drepanophoridae

Family Oerstediidae[]

Oerstedia dorsalis (Abildgaard, 1806)

Family Paradrepanophoridae[]

(Quatrefages, 1846)

Family Drepanophoridae[]

(Keferstein, 1862)

Tubulanus superbus

Family Tetrastemmatidae[]

(Southern, 1913)
(Müller, 1774)
Bürger, 1895
(Quatrefages, 1846)
Ehrenberg, 1828
Bürger, 1895
(Johnston, 1837)
McIntosh, 1874
(Quatrefages, 1846)

Family Tubulanidae[]

Tubulanus annulatus (Montagu, 1804)
(Joubin, 1890)
(Hubrecht, 1880)
(McIntosh, 1874)
Tubulanus superbus (Kölliker, 1845)

References[]

^ Howson, C.M. & Picton, B.E.(eds) 1997. The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas.Ulster Museum and The Marine Conservation Society, Belfast and Ross-on-Wye.
^ Gibson, R. (2001). Nemertini (Nemertae), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 152-156

[1] Howson, C.M. & Picton, B.E.(eds) 1997. The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas.Ulster Museum and The Marine Conservation Society, Belfast and Ross-on-Wye.

[2] Gibson, R. (2001). Nemertini (Nemertae), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 152-156

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