This is a list of the 44 species of Nemertea (ribbon worms, proboscis worms) found in Ireland.[1] [2]

1, 2 Euborlasia elizabethae (Lineidae);3 Micrura purpurea (Lineidae); 4 Leucocephalonemertes aurantiaca (Lineidae);5 Carinella annulata (Tubulanidae);6 Emplectonema neesii (Örsted, 1843)

Family Amphiporidae

Family Cephalothricidae

Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770)

Family Lineidae

Family Emplectonematidae

Family Cratenemertidae

Tetrastemmatidae, Oerstediidae, Drepanophoridae

Family Oerstediidae

Family Paradrepanophoridae

Family Drepanophoridae

Tubulanus superbus

Family Tetrastemmatidae

Family Tubulanidae

References

  1. ^ Howson, C.M. & Picton, B.E.(eds) 1997. The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas.Ulster Museum and The Marine Conservation Society, Belfast and Ross-on-Wye.
  2. ^ Gibson, R. (2001). Nemertini (Nemertae), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 152-156
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