''Nectonemertes'' is a genus of
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 monotypic family Nectonemertidae.
The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
.
Species:
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Nectonemertes acanthocephala''
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Nectonemertes acutilobata''
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Nectonemertes japonica''
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Nectonemertes major''
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Nectonemertes minima''
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Nectonemertes mirabilis''
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Nectonemertes primitiva''
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Nectonemertes tenuis''
References
Polystilifera
Nemertea genera
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