List of Nemertea of Ireland
This is a list of the 44 species of Nemertea (ribbon worms, proboscis worms) found in Ireland.[1] [2]
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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
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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)
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Tetrastemmatidae, Oerstediidae, Drepanophoridae
Family Oerstediidae[]
- Oerstedia dorsalis (Abildgaard, 1806)
Family Paradrepanophoridae[]
- (Quatrefages, 1846)
Family Drepanophoridae[]
- (Keferstein, 1862)
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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
Categories:
- Lists of invertebrates of Europe
- Lists of biota of Ireland