Body worm-like. Proboscis armed with one or more stylets; intestine straight, mostly with paired lateral diverticula; no posterior ventral sucker.
Source: Gibson, 1982.
The following taxa of this order occur in the region:
Suborder Monostilifera Family Amphiporidae Genus Amphiporus Family Carcinonemertidae Genus Carcinonemertes Family Cratenemertidae Genus Nipponnemertes Family Emplectonematidae Genus Emplectonema Genus Nemertopsis Genus Oerstedia Genus Tetrastemma Amphiporus bioculatus Amphiporus cordiceps Amphiporus hastatus Amphiporus lactifloreus Carcinonemertes carcinophila Emplectonema gracile Emplectonema neesii Nemertopsis flavida Nipponnemertes pulcher Oerstedia dorsalis Tetrastemma candidum Tetrastemma flavidum Tetrastemma helvolum Tetrastemma melanocephalum Tetrastemma robertianae Tetrastemma vermiculus |