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Nemertea genera

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Lineus
Lineus is a genus of nemertine worms, including the bootlace worm, arguably the longest animal alive. Lineus contains the following species:
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Tubulanus
Tubulanus is a genus of primitive nemertean worms in the order Palaeonemertea.
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Amphiporus
Amphiporus is a genus of nemerteans belonging to the family Amphiporidae.
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Cephalothrix
Cephalothrix is a genus of nemerteans belonging to the family Cephalothricidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Some species, such as Cephalotrix simula, carry a high amount of tetrodotoxin (TTX), a deadly neurotoxin found in pufferfish venom. They hunt molluscs for food and eat small algae and plant matter, they are commonly found on or near oysters or under rocks during low tide. The genus was established in 1843 by Orsted, and has been found in Japan, near the Hiroshima Bay, North America, the United Kingdom, near Cornwall, and the Netherlands. These worms are long, thin and unsegm
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Carinina
Carinina is a genus of nemerteans belonging to the family Tubulanidae.
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Carcinonemertes
Carcinonemertes is a genus of nemerteans belonging to the family Carcinonemertidae.
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Tetrastemma
Tetrastemma is a genus of nemerteans belonging to the family Tetrastemmatidae.
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Baseodiscus
Baseodiscus is a genus of nemerteans belonging to the family Valenciniidae.
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Malacobdella
Malacobdellidae is a monogeneric family within the phylum Nemertea. It is included with the order Hoplonemertea within the class Enopla (formerly in monotypic order Bdellonemertea of the same class).
Dinonemertes
Dinonemertes is a genus of ribbon worms within the family Dinonemertidae.
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Micrura
Micrura is a genus of nemerteans belonging to the family Lineidae.
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Cerebratulus
Cerebratulus is a genus of nemerteans belonging to the family Lineidae.
Nectonemertes
Nectonemertes is a genus of worms belonging to the monotypic family Nectonemertidae.
Uniporus
Uniporus is a genus of worms belonging to the monotypic family Uniporidae.
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Nipponnemertes
Nipponnemertes is a genus of worms belonging to the family Cratenemertidae.
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Notospermus
Notospermus is a genus of nemertine worms that includes marine species. Genus contains the following species:
Argonemertes
Argonemertes is a genus of nemertean worms belonging to the family Prosorhochmidae. It may be transferred to the family Plectonemertidae. The name is often misspelled as "Argononemertes" (e.g.).
Hubrechtella
Hubrechtella is a genus of nemerteans belonging to the monotypic family Hubrechtellidae.
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Prostoma
Prostoma is a genus of freshwater nemerteans, containing the following species: Prostoma asensoriatum Montgomery, 1896 Prostoma canadiensis Gibson & Moore, 1978 Prostoma communopore Senz, 1996 Prostoma eilhardi (Montgomery, 1894) Prostoma graecense (Böhmig, 1892) Prostoma hercegovinense Tarman, 1961 Prostoma jenningsi Gibson & Young, 1971 Prostoma kolasai Gibson & Moore, 1976 Prostoma ohmiense Chernyshev et al., 1998 Prostoma puteale Beauchamp, 1932 thumb|Angled view of Prostoma sp.
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Drepanophorus
genus of worms
Diplopleura
Diplopleura is a genus of nemerteans belonging to the family Lineidae.
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Parborlasia
Parborlasia is a genus of nemerteans belonging to the family Lineidae.
Drepanophorellidae
Drepanophorella is a genus of nemerteans belonging to the monotypic family Drepanophorellidae.
Valdivianemertes
Valdivianemertes is a genus of nemerteans belonging to the family Cratenemertidae.