(from Coe, W. R. (1905). Nemerteans of the west and northwest coasts of America. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv.. 1-318)
Representatives of this genus are characterized by extremely long, thread-like bodies of firm consistency. They resemble Emplectonema in form, habits, and general internal anatomy, but differ in haying only four ocelli, which are symmetrically placed on the head, in armature of proboscis, and in other anatomical details.
The worms are quite as slender as those of the genus Cephalothrix, but they do not coil the body in a spiral.
Proboscis sheath very short, proboscis armed with well developed central stylet and basis, and with two pouches of accessory stylets; cerebral sense organs small, situated well in front of brain. Cephalic glands usually well developed.
Nemertopsis is a genus of worms belonging to the family Emplectonematidae.[1]
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[1]
Species:[1]
Nemertopsis is a genus of worms belonging to the family Emplectonematidae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
Nemertopsis bivittata (Delle Chiaje, 1841) Nemertopsis bullocki Coe, 1940 Nemertopsis capitulata Timofeeva, 1912 Nemertopsis exilis Coe, 1947 Nemertopsis flavida (McIntosh, 1873/74) Nemertopsis gracilis Coe, 1904 Nemertopsis mitellicola Kajihara, 2007 Nemertopsis quadripunctata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Nemertopsis tenuis Beaumont, 1900 Nemertopsis tenuis Bürger, 1895 Nemertopsis tetraclitophila Gibson, 1990
