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Nemertea
| Description | Nemertea is a phylum of invertebrate animals also known as ribbon worms or proboscis worms. Alternative names for the phylum have included Nemertini, Nemertinea and Rhynchocoela. Most are very slim, usually only a few millimeters wide, although a few have relatively short but wide bodies. Many have patterns of yellow, orange, red and green coloration. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemertea, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | phylum (GBIF) unranked clade (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Nemertea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Nemertea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 151 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. D. Edgecombe, G. Giribet, and C. W. Dun, A. Hejnol, R. M. Kristensen, R. C. Neves, G. W. Rouse, K. Worsaae, M. V. Sorensen. 2011. Higher-level metazoan relationships: recent progress and remaining questions. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 11(2):151-172 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Proboscis Worms, Ribbon Worms, Némertes, Némertiens, Nemertea, Nemertíneo, Rhynchoela, Bootlace Worms, Nemertines, Nemertiner, Slemmaskar, Snörmaskar, Schnurwürmer, 紐形動物 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemertea |
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Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Hoplonemertea class | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Palaeonemertea class | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pilidiophora class | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Arhynchonemertidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cinclidonemertidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Archisymplectes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Fasciola genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Gordius genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Legnodesmus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Lobilabrum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Meckelia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nemertes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nemertites genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Planaria genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Polystemma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Poseidon genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Scotia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Serpentaria genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stimpsonia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Vermiculus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1998 | Nemertea Zrzavy et al. |
| 2002 | Nemertina Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2011 | Nemertea Edgecombe et al. p. 153 figs. Fig. 1 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
