HIERARCHICAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE PHYLUM NEMERTEA
| EUKARYA> UNIKONTA> OPISTHOKONTA> ANIMALIA> METAZOA> BILATERIA> PROTOSTOMATA> SPIRALIA> ROCHOZOA> EUTROCHOZOA> NEMERTEA |
NEMERTEA LINKS
| This classification of the Nemertea follows the system of Brusca and Brusca (2003). Descriptions of the following taxa were taken from Brusca and Brusca (2003), Hickman (1973), Storer and Usinger (1965), Tudge (2000), Valentine (2004), and Walker and Anderson (2001). |
CLASS ANOPLA (2 ORDERS)
- Separate mouth and proboscis openings; mouth below or behind cephalic anterior ganglion. Proboscis uniform and unarmed. Gut simple; nervous system within body wall.
- Carinoma, Hubrechtella, Tubulanus, Cepahalothrix, Baseodiscus, Lineus, Cerebratulus, Micrura, Paralineus.
CLASS ENOPLA (2 ORDERS)
- Mouth and proboscis open through common pore in front of ganglion; nervous system internal to body wall musculature.
- Annulonemertes, Carcinonemertes, Emplectonema, Geonemertes, Paranemertes, Prostoma, Amphiporus, Hubrechtonemertes, Nectonemertes, Pelagonemertes, Malacobdella.
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| By Jack R. Holt. Last revised: 01/25/2012 |
