Nemertea - Wikipedia Nemertea is a phylum of animals also known as ribbon worms or proboscis worms, consisting of about 1300 known species [2][3] Most ribbon worms are very slim, usually only a few millimeters wide, although a few have relatively short but wide bodies
Ribbon worm | Anatomy, Habitat Adaptations | Britannica ribbon worm, any member of the invertebrate phylum Nemertea (sometimes called Nemertinea, or Rhynchocoela), which includes mainly free-living forms but also a few parasites of crustaceans, mollusks, and sea squirts
Ribbon Worm - Size, Types, Characteristics, Habitat, and Picture Ribbon worms, also called nemerteans, are usually slim, vermiform invertebrates that constitute the phylum Nemertea They are characterized by an eversible infolding of the body wall, the proboscis, lying in a coelomic cavity just above the gut
Nemertea (ribbon worms) | INFORMATION | Animal Diversity Web Phylum Nemertea , or ribbon worms, contains approximately 1,200 species of bilaterally symmetrical, coelomate, unsegmented worms, which are divided into two classes, each of which is divided into two orders ( Anopla : Palaeonemertea , Heteronemertea and Enopla : Hoplonemertea , Bdellonemertea )
Nemertea (Ribbon Worms) - Ocean Info Nemertea is a phylum of invertebrates living in marine and freshwater waters worldwide that use their muscular proboscis to capture their prey
Nemertea - New World Encyclopedia Nemertea play an important ecological role in food chains Most species are carnivorous, consuming invertebrates such as annelids, mollusks, crustaceans, jellyfish, and so forth, but also fish and fish eggs
14. 3: Phylum Nemertea - Biology LibreTexts The Nemertea are colloquially known as ribbon worms Most species of phylum Nemertea are marine, predominantly benthic or bottom dwellers, with an estimated 900 species known
World Nemertea Database - World Register of Marine Species Species of the phylum Nemertea, or ribbonworms, inhabit all parts of the world's oceans, as well as many freshwater and terrestrial habitats They are unsegmented worms characterized by a unique and remarkable eversible proboscis used for prey capture and sometimes locomotion
Nemertea Nemerteans, or ribbon worms (previously known as Rhyn-chocoela and Nemertini) are soft-bodied, unsegmented worms
Phylum Nemertea | Biology for Majors II - Lumen Learning The Nemertea are colloquially known as ribbon worms Most species of phylum Nemertea are marine, predominantly benthic or bottom dwellers, with an estimated 900 species known