''Cerebratulus'' is a genus of
nemerteans
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 ...
belonging to the family
Lineidae
Lineidae is a family of nemertean worms. It contains the following genera:
* '' Aetheolineus'' Senz, 1993
* '' Ammolineus'' Senz, 2001
* ''Antarctolineus'' Muller & Scripcariu, 1964
* ''Apatronemertes'' Wilfert & Gibson, 1974
* '' Australineus'' ...
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The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
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Species
Species:
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Cerebratulus acutus
''Cerebratulus'' is a genus of nemerteans belonging to the family Lineidae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
Species:
*'' Cerebratulus acutus''
*''Cerebratulus lacteus''
*''Cerebratulus marginatus
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Cerebratulus lacteus
''Cerebratulus lacteus'', the milky nemertean or milky ribbon worm, is a proboscis worm in the family Lineidae. This ribbon worm has a wide geographical range on both sides of the northern Atlantic Ocean.
Description
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Cerebratulus marginatus
''Cerebratulus marginatus'' is a proboscis worm in the family Lineidae. This ribbon worm has an Arctic distribution, and in the North Atlantic Ocean ranges as far south as Cape Cod and the Mediterranean Sea while in the Pacific Ocean it extends s ...
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References
Lineidae
Nemertea genera
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