Nemertodermatida

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

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

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 2] 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. A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different genus.
  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. 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. 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 Z (2011-12-23). "Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness". Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 3148: 1–237. Retrieved 2016-02-03.


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