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Nemertea 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 57411

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Phylum  
  Synonym(s): Rhynchocoela
 
  Common Name(s): proboscis worms [English]
  
    ribbon worms [English]
  
    némertes [French]
  
    némertiens [French]
  
    nemertea [Portuguese]
  
    nemertíneo [Portuguese]
  
    rhynchoela [Portuguese]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2016   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumNemertea  – proboscis worms, ribbon worms, némertes, némertiens, nemertea, nemertíneo, rhynchoela  
    Direct Children:  
                Class Neonemertea   
                Class Palaeonemertea   
       

 References
       
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  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: némertes[French], némertiens [French]   
       
  Source: CRIA-Brazil, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: nemertea[Portuguese], nemertíneo [Portuguese], rhynchoela [Portuguese]   
       
  Source: ITIS & Species 2000 Catalogue of Life Management Hierarchy, document (version Animalia)  
  Acquired: 2013   
  Notes: M. Ruggiero & D. Gordon, eds. 2013. Consensus Management Hierarchy for the ITIS & Species2000 Catalogue of Life. Contributors: Nicolas Bailly, Thierry Bourgoin, Richard Brusca, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, Daphne Fautin, Dennis Gordon, Gerald Guala, Michael Guiry, Paul Kirk, Elliot Lefkowitz, David Mabberly, David Maddison, Alan Paton, Michael Ruggiero, Peter Stevens, and Brian Tyndall   
  Reference for: Nemertea   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Nemertea   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca  
  Publication Date: 1990   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrates   
  Page(s): xiii + 992   
  Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-87893-098-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Nemertea   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Giribet, G., reviser, in Brusca, Richard C., Wendy Moore, and Stephen M. Schuster  
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: Chapter 12: Phylum Nemertea: The Ribbon Worms   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrates, Third Edition   
  Page(s): 435-452   
  Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-1605353753   
  Notes: Chapter revised by guest contributor Gonzalo Giribet   
  Reference for: Nemertea   
       

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