Carcinonemertidae is a family of

nemertea Nemertea is a phylum of animals also known as ribbon worms or proboscis worms, consisting of about 1300 known species. Most ribbon worms are very slim, usually only a few millimeters wide, although a few have relatively short but wide bodies. ...

worm Worms are many different distantly related bilateria, bilateral animals that typically have a long cylindrical tube-like body, no limb (anatomy), limbs, and usually no eyes. Worms vary in size from microscopic to over in length for marine ...

s belonging to the class

Hoplonemertea Hoplonemertea is a class of ribbon worms. It contains two orders: * Monostilifera * Polystilifera The proboscis is armed with one or more stylets; intestine straight, mostly with paired lateral diverticula In medicine or biology, a div ...

. Genera: * '' Carcinonemertes'' Coe, 1902 * '' Ovicides'' Shields, 2001

References

Monostilifera Nemertea families {{nemertean-stub