Prostoma

Prostoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nemertea
Class: Hoplonemertea
Order: Monostilifera
Family: Prostomatidae
Genus: Prostoma
Dugès, 1828

Prostoma is a genus of freshwater nemerteans, containing the following species:

Angled view of Prostoma sp.
A pregnant Prostoma worm!

References

  1. ↑ Per Sundberg & Ray Gibson (2008). "Global diversity of nemerteans (Nemertea) in freshwater". In Estelle Virginia Balian; Christian Lévêque; Hendrik Segers & Koen Martens (eds.). Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment. Developments in hydrobiology. Vol. 198. Springer. pp. 61–66. doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9004-6. ISBN 978-1-4020-8258-0.
  2. ↑ R. Gibson (1995). "Nemertean genera and species of the world: an annotated checklist of original names and description citations, synonyms, current taxonomic status, habitats and recorded zoogeographic distribution". Journal of Natural History. 29 (2): 271–561. doi:10.1080/00222939500770161.