Nemertea
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Nemertea is a phylum of animals also known as ribbon worms or proboscis worms, consisting of about 1300 known species. Most ribbon worms are very slim, usually only a few millimeters wide, although a
Gorgonorhynchus repens, a species within class Anopla, discharges a sticky branched proboscis.
Stylet-containing part of proboscis of "armed" nemertean Amphiporus ochraceus.
Brain and neural cords of hoplonemertean Amphiporus ochraceus. Several clusters of dark eyespots and the opening of one cerebral organ are also visible.
Enopla
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Enopla is one of the classes of the worm phylum Nemertea, characterized by the presence of a peculiar armature of spines or plates in the proboscis.
