List of Nemertea of Ireland

This is a list of the 44 species of Nemertea (ribbon worms, proboscis worms) found in Ireland.[1] [2]

1, 2 Euborlasia elizabethae (Lineidae);3 Micrura purpurea (Lineidae); 4 Leucocephalonemertes aurantiaca (Lineidae);5 Carinella annulata (Tubulanidae);6 Emplectonema neesii (Örsted, 1843)

Family Amphiporidae

Amphiporus bioculatus McIntosh, 1874
Amphiporus lactifloreus (Johnston, 1828)

Family Cephalothricidae

Cephalothrix rufifrons (Johnston, 1837)
Cephalothrix filiformis Johnston, 1828

Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770)

Family Lineidae

Cerebratulus fuscus (McIntosh, 1874)
Cerebratulus marginatus Renier, 1804
Lineus acutifrons Southern, 1913
Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770)
Lineus ruber (Müller, 1774)
Lineus viridis (Müller, 1774)
Micrura fasciolata Ehrenberg, 1828
Micrura purpurea (Dalyell, 1853)
Ramphogordius lacteus Rathke, 1843

Family Emplectonematidae

Emplectonema gracile (Johnston, 1837)
Nemertopsis flavida (McIntosh, 1873/74)

Family Cratenemertidae

Nipponnemertes pulchra (Johnston, 1837)

Tetrastemmatidae, Oerstediidae, Drepanophoridae

Family Oerstediidae

Oerstedia dorsalis (Abildgaard, 1806)

Family Paradrepanophoridae

Paradrepanophorus crassus (Quatrefages, 1846)

Family Drepanophoridae

Punnettia splendida (Keferstein, 1862)

Tubulanus superbus

Family Tetrastemmatidae

Tetrastemma beaumonti (Southern, 1913)
Tetrastemma candidum (Müller, 1774)
Tetrastemma cephalophorum Bürger, 1895
Tetrastemma coronatum (Quatrefages, 1846)
Tetrastemma flavidum Ehrenberg, 1828
Tetrastemma helvolum Bürger, 1895
Tetrastemma melanocephalum (Johnston, 1837)
Tetrastemma robertianae McIntosh, 1874
Tetrastemma vermiculus (Quatrefages, 1846)

Family Tubulanidae

Tubulanus annulatus (Montagu, 1804)
Tubulanus banyulensis (Joubin, 1890)
Tubulanus inexpectatus (Hubrecht, 1880)
Tubulanus linearis (McIntosh, 1874)
Tubulanus superbus (Kölliker, 1845)

References

Howson, C.M. & Picton, B.E.(eds) 1997. The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas.Ulster Museum and The Marine Conservation Society, Belfast and Ross-on-Wye.
Gibson, R. (2001). Nemertini (Nemertae), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 152-156

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[1] Howson, C.M. & Picton, B.E.(eds) 1997. The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas.Ulster Museum and The Marine Conservation Society, Belfast and Ross-on-Wye.

[2] Gibson, R. (2001). Nemertini (Nemertae), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 152-156