A shore-based preliminary survey of marine ribbon worms (Nemertea) from the Caribbean coast of Colombia
Author
Gonzalez-Cueto, Jaime
Author
Quiroga, Sigmer
Author
Norenburg, Jon
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ZooKeys
2014
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83
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.439.5965
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.439.5965
1313-2970-439-83
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Taxon classification Animalia Heteronemertea Lineidae
Micrura ignea Schwartz & Norenburg, 2005
Fig. 3
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Description.
Two specimens up to about 100 mm long, 3 mm wide; dorsoventrally flattened; head
"triangular"
, pointed anteriorly and widening posteriorly; posterior end blunt with short and slender caudal cirrus. Orange grading posteriorly to yellowish. Deep cephalic furrows form lateral margins of head. Mouth slit-shaped, posterior to cephalic grooves. Eyespots lacking. Proboscis long, thick and pink; when everted it possesses ruffles.
Distribution.
Belize (
Schwartz and Norenburg 2005
); Caribbean coast of Panama (
Collin et al. 2005
); Santa Marta, Colombia.