Geonemertes pelaensis

Geonemertes pelaensis
	Video file: Geonemertes pelaensis killing a spider. Observe proboscis at end of movie.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nemertea
Class:	Enopla
Order:	Hoplonemertea
Family:	Prosorhochmidae
Genus:	Geonemertes
Species:	G. pelaensis
Binomial name
	Geonemertes pelaensis; Semper, 1863
Synonyms
	Geonemertes arboricola Punnett, 1907; Geonemertes vinsoni Moore in Pantin, 1969;

Geonemertes pelaensis is a species of terrestrial Nemertea.^[1] Superficially, Geonemertes pelaensis resembles a land flatworm (family Geoplanidae) and lives in the same habitat, but it has an anterior exertile proboscis, whereas flatworms have a pharynx located in their ventral side at midlength of body. The number of eyes this nemertean can have varies between 4 and 8 ocelli.^[2]

It is commonly found on islands in the Indo-Pacific, and has been anthropogenically introduced to Caribbean islands and Florida.^[3] Geonemertes pelaensis is a known predator of gastropoda in the wild, and isopoda, and amphipoda in laboratory settings.^[4]

References[edit]

^ Norenburg, J.; Gibson, R.; Herrera Bachiller, A.; Strand, M. (2021). World Nemertea Database. Geonemertes pelaensis Semper, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597681 on 2022-02-01
^ Gibson, Ray; Moore, Janet (1997). "Further observations on the genus Geonemertes with a description of a new species from the Philippine Islands". Hydrobiologia. 365 (1/3): 157–171. doi:10.1023/A:1003199031726. S2CID 19381243. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ MOORE, JANET (1985). "The Distribution and Evolution of Terrestrial Nemertines". American Zoologist. 25 (1). Oxford University Press (OUP): 15–21. doi:10.1093/icb/25.1.15. ISSN 0003-1569.
^ Shinobe, Shotaro; Uchida, Shota; Mori, Hideaki; Okochi, Isamu; Chiba, Satoshi (2017-09-29). "Declining soil Crustacea in a World Heritage Site caused by land nemertean". Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 12400. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-12653-4. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 5622052. PMID 28963523.

Punnett, R. C. (1907). On an arboricolous nemertean from the Seychelles. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, 12(Pt. 1): 57-62
Jones, H. D.; E. Sterrer, W. E. (2005). Terrestrial planarians (Platyhelminthes, with three new species) and nemertines of Bermuda. Zootaxa, 1001: 31-58

External links[edit]

Semper, C. (1863). Reisebricht. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. Bd.13 pp. 558-570 + Tafel XXXVIII and XXXIX

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[WoRMS-1] Norenburg, J.; Gibson, R.; Herrera Bachiller, A.; Strand, M. (2021). World Nemertea Database. Geonemertes pelaensis Semper, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597681 on 2022-02-01

[2] Gibson, Ray; Moore, Janet (1997). "Further observations on the genus Geonemertes with a description of a new species from the Philippine Islands". Hydrobiologia. 365 (1/3): 157–171. doi:10.1023/A:1003199031726. S2CID 19381243. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

[MOORE_1985_pp._15–21-3] MOORE, JANET (1985). "The Distribution and Evolution of Terrestrial Nemertines". American Zoologist. 25 (1). Oxford University Press (OUP): 15–21. doi:10.1093/icb/25.1.15. ISSN 0003-1569.

[Shinobe_Uchida_Mori_Okochi_2017_pp._1–8-4] Shinobe, Shotaro; Uchida, Shota; Mori, Hideaki; Okochi, Isamu; Chiba, Satoshi (2017-09-29). "Declining soil Crustacea in a World Heritage Site caused by land nemertean". Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 12400. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-12653-4. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 5622052. PMID 28963523.

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