List of Nemertea of Ireland

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

  • Amphiporus bioculatus McIntosh, 1874
  • Amphiporus lactifloreus (Johnston, 1828)

Family Cephalothricidae

  • Cephalothrix rufifrons (Johnston, 1837)
  • Cephalothrix filiformis Johnston, 1828
Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770)

Family Lineidae

  • Cerebratulus fuscus (McIntosh, 1874)
  • Cerebratulus marginatus Renier, 1804
  • Lineus acutifrons Southern, 1913
  • Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770)
  • Lineus ruber (Müller, 1774)
  • Lineus viridis (Müller, 1774)
  • Micrura fasciolata Ehrenberg, 1828
  • Micrura purpurea (Dalyell, 1853)
  • Ramphogordius lacteus Rathke, 1843

Family Emplectonematidae

  • Emplectonema gracile (Johnston, 1837)
  • Nemertopsis flavida (McIntosh, 1873/74)

Family Cratenemertidae

  • Nipponnemertes pulchra (Johnston, 1837)
Tetrastemmatidae, Oerstediidae, Drepanophoridae

Family Oerstediidae

  • Oerstedia dorsalis (Abildgaard, 1806)

Family Paradrepanophoridae

  • Paradrepanophorus crassus (Quatrefages, 1846)

Family Drepanophoridae

  • Punnettia splendida (Keferstein, 1862)
Tubulanus superbus

Family Tetrastemmatidae

  • Tetrastemma beaumonti (Southern, 1913)
  • Tetrastemma candidum (Müller, 1774)
  • Tetrastemma cephalophorum Bürger, 1895
  • Tetrastemma coronatum (Quatrefages, 1846)
  • Tetrastemma flavidum Ehrenberg, 1828
  • Tetrastemma helvolum Bürger, 1895
  • Tetrastemma melanocephalum (Johnston, 1837)
  • Tetrastemma robertianae McIntosh, 1874
  • Tetrastemma vermiculus (Quatrefages, 1846)

Family Tubulanidae

  • Tubulanus annulatus (Montagu, 1804)
  • Tubulanus banyulensis (Joubin, 1890)
  • Tubulanus inexpectatus (Hubrecht, 1880)
  • Tubulanus linearis (McIntosh, 1874)
  • Tubulanus superbus (Kölliker, 1845)

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