''Carcinonemertes'' is a genus of
nemertea
Nemertea is a phylum of animals also known as ribbon worms or proboscis worms, consisting of 1300 known species. Most ribbon worms are very slim, usually only a few millimeters wide, although a few have relatively short but wide bodies. Many h ...
ns belonging to the family
Carcinonemertidae
Carcinonemertidae is a family of worms belonging to the order Hoplonemertea
Hoplonemertea is an order of ribbon worms in the class Enopla. It contains two suborders:
* Monostilifera
* Polystilifera
The proboscis is armed with one or more st ...
.
The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
Species:
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Carcinonemertes australiensis
''Carcinonemertes'' is a genus of nemerteans belonging to the family Carcinonemertidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
Species:
*'' Carcinonemertes australiensis''
*'' Carcinonemertes caissarum''
*''Carcinonemertes ...
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Carcinonemertes caissarum
''Carcinonemertes'' is a genus of nemerteans belonging to the family Carcinonemertidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
Species:
*''Carcinonemertes australiensis''
*'' Carcinonemertes caissarum''
*''Carcinonemertes ...
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Carcinonemertes errans
''Carcinonemertes errans'' is a ribbon worm in the family Carcinonemertidae. It lives in symbiosis with the Dungeness crab (''Metacarcinus magister''), consuming the crab's developing eggs. In 1980 it was implicated in the collapse of the Dung ...
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References
Monostilifera
Nemertea genera
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