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First Finding of Segmented Nemerteans of the Genus Annulonemertis (Nemertea, Enopla) in the Arctic

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A description of an interstitial nemertean of the genus Annulonemertes Berg, 1985 is provided, found by Yu.S. Minichev in the intertidal psammon of the Barents Sea. This is the fourth species of segmented nemerteans and the first finding of Annulonemertes in the Arctic.

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Chernyshev, A.V., Minichev, Y.S. First Finding of Segmented Nemerteans of the Genus Annulonemertis (Nemertea, Enopla) in the Arctic. Russian Journal of Marine Biology 30, 135–137 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:RUMB.0000025990.61369.94

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