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''Argonemertes'' is a genus of
nemertean worm Nemertea is a phylum of animals also known as ribbon worms or proboscis worms, consisting of 1300 known species. Most ribbon worms are very slim, usually only a few millimeters wide, although a few have relatively short but wide bodies. Many h ...
s belonging to the family
Prosorhochmidae Prosorhochmidae is a family of nemertean worms belonging to the suborder Monostilifera Monostilifera is a suborder of nemertean worms belonging to the class Enopla, a class of worms characterized by the presence of a peculiar armature of spine ...
. It may be transferred to the family Plectonemertidae. It contains the following species: * '' Argonemertes australiensis'' (Dendy, 1892) * '' Argonemertes dendyi'' (Dakin, 1915) * '' Argonemertes hillii'' (Hett, 1924) * ''
Argonemertes stocki ''Argonemertes stocki'' is a species of nemertean worms in the family Prosorhochmidae that is endemic to Australia, and is only known from one specimen found in 1972 in the New England National Park, New South Wales. It was found under a log in d ...
'' (Moore, 1975) All four species are
terrestrial animal Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land (e.g. cats, dogs, ants, spiders), as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water (e.g. fish, lobsters, octopuses), and amphibians, ...
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Prosorhochmidae Nemertea genera {{nemertean-stub