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Nemertodermatida
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Xenacoelomorpha
Subphylum:	Acoelomorpha
Class:	Nemertodermatida Karling, 1940

Nemertodermatida is a class of Acoelomorpha, comprising 18 species of millimetre-sized turbellariform, mostly interstitial worms.

Taxonomy

The order Nemertodermatida contains two families with 6 genera. The high level of cryptic diversity in this meiofauna group however implies that the number of nemertodermatid taxa may be underestimated.

Ascopariidae

The family Ascopariidae Sterrer, 1998 contains two genera.

• Ascoparia Sterrer, 1998
• Flagellophora Faubel & Dorjes, 1978

There are 3 species in the family Ascopariidae.

Nemertodermatidae

The family Nemertodermatidae Steinböck, 1930 contains four genera.

• Meara
• Nemertinoides
• Nemertoderma
• Sterreria

There are 15 species in the family Nemertodermatidae.

Name	Image	Distribution	Description
Meara stichopi Westblad, 1949
Nemertinoides elongatus Riser, 1987
Nemertinoides glandulosum Meyer-Wachsmuth, Curini Galletti & Jondelius, 2014
Nemertinoides wolfgangi Meyer-Wachsmuth, Curini Galletti & Jondelius, 2014
Nemertoderma bathycola Steinböck, 1930
Nemertoderma westbladi (Westblad, 1937) Steinbock, 1938
Sterreria boucheti Meyer-Wachsmuth, Curini Galletti & Jondelius, 2014
Sterreria lundini Meyer-Wachsmuth, Curini Galletti & Jondelius, 2014
Sterreria martindalei Meyer-Wachsmuth, Curini Galletti & Jondelius, 2014
Sterreria monolithes Meyer-Wachsmuth, Curini Galletti & Jondelius, 2014
Sterreria papuensis Meyer-Wachsmuth, Curini Galletti & Jondelius, 2014
Sterreria psammicola (Sterrer, 1970)
Sterreria rubra (Faubel, 1976)
Sterreria variabilis Meyer-Wachsmuth, Curini Galletti & Jondelius, 2014
Sterreria ylvae Meyer-Wachsmuth, Curini Galletti & Jondelius, 2014

Notes

1. ^ A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different genus.

References

1. Nielsen C (2012). Animal Evolution: Interrelationships of the Living Taxa. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 69–70. ISBN 978-0-19-960602-3.
2. ^ Tyler S (2010). "Isodiametridae". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
3. Meyer-Wachsmuth I, Curini Galletti M, Jondelius U (2014-09-16). "Hyper-cryptic marine meiofauna: species complexes in Nemertodermatida". PLOS ONE. 9 (9): e107688. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j7688M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107688. PMC 4166464. PMID 25225981.
4. Tyler S, Schilling S, Hooge M, Bush LF (2006–2016). "Nemertodermatida". Turbellarian taxonomic database. Version 1.7. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
5. Zhang ZQ (2011-12-23). "Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness". Zootaxa. 3148. Magnolia Press: 1–237. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.1. Retrieved 2016-02-03.

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