Geonemertes pelaensis
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| Video file: Geonemertes pelaensis killing a spider. Observe proboscis at end of movie. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nemertea |
| Class: | Enopla |
| Order: | Hoplonemertea |
| Family: | Prosorhochmidae |
| Genus: | Geonemertes |
| Species: | G. pelaensis
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| Geonemertes pelaensis Semper, 1863
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Geonemertes pelaensis is a species of terrestrial Nemertea. 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.
It is commonly found on islands in the Indo-Pacific, and has been anthropogenically introduced to Caribbean islands and Florida. Geonemertes pelaensis is a known predator of gastropoda in the wild, and isopoda, and amphipoda in laboratory settings.
References
- ^ 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
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