Carcinonemertes caissarum
Carcinonemertes caissarum Santos, Norenburg and Bueno, 2006
- phylum Nemertea
- class Enopla
- superorder Hoplonemertea
- order Monostilifera
- suborder Distromatonemertea
- family Carcinonemertidae
- genus Carcinonemertes
Original Published Description:
(2006). Three new species of Carcinonemertes (Nemertea, Carcinonemertidae) from the southeastern coast of Brazil..
Journal of Natural History. 915-930.
Languages: English
Overview
Type Locality
Poco Beach, Sao Sebastiao Island, Brazil, (23°45'S, 45°16'W)
General Description
Body color varies from translucent white to orange. Two eyes, black. Anterior end of body
rounded or pointed; posterior end pointed. Worms 1.3–4.3mm long. Accessory stylets
absent. Ovaries arranged in one row on each side of intestine. Takakura’s duct present.
Ornamented and filiform mucus sheath attached to pleopods of hosts may be present in
adult worms.
Ecology
Associations
| Hepatus pudibundus |