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Definition of Nemertea
1. Noun. Proboscis worms.
Group relationships: Animal Kingdom, Animalia, Kingdom Animalia
Member holonyms: Nemertean, Nemertine, Proboscis Worm, Ribbon Worm
Generic synonyms: Phylum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nemertea
Literary usage of Nemertea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Natural History by John Sterling Kingsley, Frederich Anton Heller von Hellwald, Elliott Coues (1884)
"Three or four eggs are laid at a time, and borne about by the female for some while.
The animal is marine. CLASS VII. — nemertea. ..."
2. A Manual of the Common Invertebrate Animals: Exclusive of Insects by Henry Sherring Pratt (1916)
"... segments usually broader than long: in stomach and intestine of skate; common.
CLASS 4. nemertea.* Fig. 332—Diagram of nemertean worm — lateral aspect ..."
3. Economic Zoology: An Introductory Text-book in Zoology, with Special by Herbert Osborn (1908)
"... and the return to hee and independent form is practically impossible.
CLASS nemertea —w*. poor «f organisms is pretty well separated from the other ..."
4. Forms of Animal Life: A Manual of Comparative Anatomy : with Descriptions of by George Rolleston, William Hatchett Jackson (1888)
"1873; and winter habits, Cubitt, op. id. v. 1871. Egg formation and development,
Tessin, ZWZ xliv. (i and 2), 1886. . . CLASS nemertea. ..."
5. Colour in Nature: A Study in Biology by Marion Isabel Newbigin (1898)
"... CHAPTER V COLOUR-PHENOMENA IN WORMS Colours of Turbellaria and nemertea—Pigments
of ... nemertea ..."
6. Zoology of the Invertebrata: A Text-book for Students by Arthur Everett Shipley (1893)
"... it terminates in an anus. The generative organs are simple and paired; the
sexes are usually distinct. With few exceptions, the nemertea are marine. ..."
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