Biology:Nemertodermatida

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Short description: Class of acoel worms

Nemertodermatida
Nemertodermatida species.png
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Xenacoelomorpha
Subphylum: Acoelomorpha
Class: Nemertodermatida
Karling, 1940

Nemertodermatida is a class of Acoelomorpha, comprising 18 species of millimetre-sized turbellariform, mostly interstitial worms.[1]

Taxonomy

The order Nemertodermatida contains two families with 6 genera.[2] The high level of cryptic diversity in this meiofauna group however implies that the number of nemertodermatid taxa may be underestimated.[3]

Ascopariidae

The family Ascopariidae Sterrer, 1998[4][5] contains two genera.[2]

  • Ascoparia Sterrer, 1998
  • Flagellophora Faubel & Dorjes, 1978

There are 3 species in the family Ascopariidae.[2]

Name[lower-alpha 1] 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.[2]

  • Meara
  • Nemertinoides
  • Nemertoderma
  • Sterreria

There are 15 species in the family Nemertodermatidae.[2]

Name[lower-alpha 1] Image Distribution Description
Meara stichopi
Westblad, 1949
Meara stichopi.jpg
Nemertinoides elongatus
Riser, 1987
Nemertinoides elongatus.png
Nemertinoides glandulosum
Meyer-Wachsmuth, Curini Galletti & Jondelius, 2014
Nemertinoides glandulosum.png
Nemertinoides wolfgangi
Meyer-Wachsmuth, Curini Galletti & Jondelius, 2014
Nemertinoides wolfgangi.png
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 martindalei.png
Sterreria monolithes
Meyer-Wachsmuth, Curini Galletti & Jondelius, 2014
Sterreria papuensis
Meyer-Wachsmuth, Curini Galletti & Jondelius, 2014
Sterreria psammicola
(Sterrer, 1970)
Sterreria psammicola.png
Sterreria rubra
(Faubel, 1976)
Sterreria rubra.png
Sterreria variabilis
Meyer-Wachsmuth, Curini Galletti & Jondelius, 2014
Sterreria variabilis.png
Sterreria ylvae
Meyer-Wachsmuth, Curini Galletti & Jondelius, 2014
Sterreria ylvae.png

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different genus.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1937410 entry