Ribbon Worm Nipponnemertes pulcher
This worm belongs to a class of nemertean worms called enoplan ribbon worms, whose mouth is located in front of the brain.
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Nemertinea - phylum of elongated, often flattened, marine Worms, sometimes called ribbon worms. There are 900 known species, ranging in size from a fraction of an inch to 90 ft (27 m). The most distinctive struct...
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Description 48" (122 cm) long, 5/8" (16 mm) wide.
The Lophotrochozoa also include the Nemertea or ribbon worms, the Sipuncula, and several phyla that have a fan of cilia around the mouth, called a lophophore.[20] These were traditionally grouped together as the lophophorates.
This is a ribbon worm that lives commensally with the razor clam. Commensals are animals or plants that live with other organisms and reap benefit from the activities of the host but cause them no harm.
 See also: Worm, Shell, Earthworm, Leech, Rotifer
  
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