Nemertea

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Nemertes +‎ -ea, from Ancient Greek Νημερτής (Nēmertḗs, Nemertes, a nereid in Greek mythology).

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Nemertea

  1. Marine worms, including the ribbon worms, bootlace worms, or proboscis worms
    1. A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Lophotrochozoa.
    2. A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Spiralia.[1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248