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Nemertea

Taxonomy
Nemertea was named as a phylum. It is extant.

It was reranked as the phylum Nemertea by Edgecombe et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Eutrochozoa by Zrzavy et al. (1998); to Metazoa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Trochozoa by Edgecombe et al. (2011).

Subtaxa

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Nemertea Zrzavy et al.
2002Nemertina Sepkoski
2011Nemertea Edgecombe et al. p. 153 figs. Fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
RankNameAuthor
Spiralia
Trochozoa
phylumNemertea
phylumNemertea

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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G. †Legnodesmus Ehlers 1869
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Legnodesmus ehlersi Howell 1958
Invalid names: Rhynchocoelia [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available