phylum Nemertea (IMAGE)

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phylum Nemertea

Caption

The phylum includes ~1300 described species, but the actual diversity is likely at least 10 times that number, judging from the rate at which we discover undescribed species. Nemerteans are ubiquitous in the marine in the marine environments, but most are cryptobiotic (hard to spot).

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Svetlana Maslakova

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