Nemertodermatida

Nemertodermatida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Xenacoelomorpha
Subphylum: Acoelomorpha
Class: Nemertodermatida
Karling, 1940

Nemertodermatida is a class of Xenacoelomorpha, comprising 18 species of millimetre-sized turbellariform, mostly interstitial worms.

Taxonomy

The order Nemertodermatida contains two families with 6 genera. The high level of cryptic diversity in this meiofauna group however implies that the number of nemertodermatid taxa may be underestimated.

Ascopariidae

The family Ascopariidae Sterrer, 1998 contains two genera.

There are 3 species in the family Ascopariidae.

Name Image Distribution Description
Ascoparia neglecta Sterrer, 1998
Ascoparia secunda Sterrer, 1998
Flagellophora apelti Faubel & Dorjes, 1978

Nemertodermatidae

The family Nemertodermatidae Steinböck, 1930 contains four genera.

There are 15 species in the family Nemertodermatidae.

Name Image Distribution Description
Meara stichopi
Westblad, 1949
Nemertinoides elongatus
Riser, 1987
Nemertinoides glandulosum
Meyer-Wachsmuth, Curini Galletti & Jondelius, 2014
Nemertinoides wolfgangi
Meyer-Wachsmuth, Curini Galletti & Jondelius, 2014
Nemertoderma bathycola
Steinböck, 1930
Nemertoderma westbladi
(Westblad, 1937) Steinbock, 1938
Sterreria boucheti
Meyer-Wachsmuth, Curini Galletti & Jondelius, 2014
Sterreria lundini
Meyer-Wachsmuth, Curini Galletti & Jondelius, 2014
Sterreria martindalei
Meyer-Wachsmuth, Curini Galletti & Jondelius, 2014
Sterreria monolithes
Meyer-Wachsmuth, Curini Galletti & Jondelius, 2014
Sterreria papuensis
Meyer-Wachsmuth, Curini Galletti & Jondelius, 2014
Sterreria psammicola
(Sterrer, 1970)
Sterreria rubra
(Faubel, 1976)
Sterreria variabilis
Meyer-Wachsmuth, Curini Galletti & Jondelius, 2014
Sterreria ylvae
Meyer-Wachsmuth, Curini Galletti & Jondelius, 2014

Notes

  1. 1 2 A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different genus.

References

  1. ↑ Nielsen C (2012). Animal Evolution: Interrelationships of the Living Taxa. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 69–70. ISBN 978-0-19-960602-3.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Tyler S (2010). "Isodiametridae". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
  3. ↑ Meyer-Wachsmuth I, Curini Galletti M, Jondelius U (2014-09-16). "Hyper-cryptic marine meiofauna: species complexes in Nemertodermatida". PLOS ONE. 9 (9) e107688. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j7688M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107688. PMC 4166464. PMID 25225981.
  4. ↑ Tyler S, Schilling S, Hooge M, Bush LF (2006–2016). "Nemertodermatida". Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.7. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  5. ↑ Zhang ZQ (2011-12-23). "Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness". Zootaxa. 3148. Magnolia Press: 1–237. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.1. Retrieved 2016-02-03.