Pelagonemertidae is a family of
pelagic
The pelagic zone consists of the water column of the open ocean, and can be further divided into regions by depth (as illustrated on the right). The word ''pelagic'' is derived . The pelagic zone can be thought of as an imaginary cylinder or wa ...
nemertean
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 order
Polystilifera
Polystilifera is an suborder of worms belonging to the order Hoplonemertea.
Families:
* Armaueriidae
* Balaenanemertidae
* Brinkmanniidae
* Buergeriellidae
* Chuniellidae
* Dinonemertidae
* Drepanobandidae
* Drepanogigantidae
* Drepanophorellidae ...
.
Genera
Genera:
* ''
Cuneonemertes''
Coe, 1926
* ''
Gelanemertes''
Coe, 1926
* ''
Loranemertes''
Chernyshev, 1992
* ''
Nannonemertes''
Wheeler, 1936
* ''
Natonemertes''
Brinkmann, 1917
* ''
Obnemertes''
Korotkevich, 1960
* ''
Parabalaenanemertes''
Brinkmann, 1917
* ''
Pelagonemertes''
Moseley, 1875
* ''
Probalaenanemertes''
Brinkmann, 1917
References
Polystilifera
Nemertea families
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