Carcinonemertes Coe, 1902
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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2010.505014 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F56687F8-FFF5-BF1D-FE67-FE9CFD2838D3 |
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Felipe |
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Carcinonemertes Coe, 1902 |
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Genus Carcinonemertes Coe, 1902 View in CoL
Type species: Nemertes carcinophilos Kölliker, 1845 ; by subsequent designation.
Diagnosis
From Coe (1902) and Santos et al. (2006a): Nemerteans living as symbionts (egg predators) on various species of Crustacea. Proboscis poorly developed, very small in size, and extremely short, without lateral pouches or reserve stylets, but armed with a central stylet and basis only; anterior proboscis very short, without distinct muscular layers, without distinct nerves, and without a thickened glandular epithelium. Cerebral organs lacking. Two ocelli. Cephalic glands massively developed. Usually oviparous, though fertilization often takes place internally.
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