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Nemertea
Nemertea
Translingual
Proper noun
Nemertea
- The ribbon worms or proboscis worms
- A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Lophotrochozoa.
- A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Spiralia.[1]
Synonyms
- (phylum): Nemertini; Nemertinea; Rhynchocoela - phylum
Hypernyms
- (phylum in Spiralia): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum[1]
Hyponyms
- (phylum): Anopla, Enopla, Paleonemertea - classes[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521