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Ribbon Worm

Other Minor Phyla

Nemertea is a phylum of animals also known as ribbon worms or proboscis worms, consisting of about 1,300 known species. Most ribbon worms are very slender, usually only a few millimeters wide, and many display patterns of yellow, orange, red and green coloration. All species possess a proboscis, held inside an internal cavity called the rhynchocoel when inactive, that everts to emerge just above the mouth and capture prey with venom; a highly extensible muscle pulls the proboscis back in once an attack ends. A few stubby-bodied species filter feed instead, using suckers at their front and back ends to attach to a host.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Carnivore 1
Diet
Filter Feeder 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
System (Realm)
Freshwater 2
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Scientific Name
Nemertea 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Spiralia, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Nemertea

In Biome

Open Ocean, Biomes
Source Ribbon Worm (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Wikipedia: NemerteaDistribution: Australasiatier 2
Quote, Distribution: Australasia
Another terrestrial genus, Geonemertes, is mostly found in Australasia but has species in the Seychelles, widely across the Indo-Pacific, in Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic, in Frankfurt, in the Canary Islands, in Madeira and in the Azores.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Wikipedia: NemerteaDistribution: Tropicstier 2
Quote, Distribution: Tropics
About a dozen species inhabit freshwater, mainly in the tropics and subtropics, and another dozen species live on land in cool, damp places.
Sources
1. Wikidata: Nemertea
  • Wikidata Q185631, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikipedia 'Ribbon Worm': proboscis... to capture the animal's prey with venom
  • Wikipedia 'Ribbon Worm': a few species with stubby bodies filter feed
  • Child Taxon Of: Spiralia, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon)
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2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
3. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ185631, descriptionView the Source
4. Wikipedia: Nemertea
Wikipedia
  • Infobox: taxon
    Nemertea
  • In Group: Ribbon Worms (Nemertea), Lead
    Nemertea is a phylum of animals also known as ribbon worms or proboscis worms, consisting of about 1300 known species.
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Ribbon Worm (Wikipedia)
In Biome: Open Ocean, Wikipedia intro: "species use muscular waves to crawl, and some swim by dorso-ventral undulations. A few live in the open ocean while the rest find or make hiding places on the b..."View the Source
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