Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nemertea

Hoplonemertea Hubrecht, 1879

Rank: Class
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Class group names

*Enopla*	Schultze, 1851	synonym
*Hoplonemertini*		synonym; alternate representation

Children

Monostilifera Brinkmann, 1917
Polystilifera Brinkmann, 1917

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: 針紐虫綱

Literature

basis of record	Gibson, R. (2001). Nemertini (Nemertae), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 152-156
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
taxonomy source	Strand, M.; Norenburg, J.; Alfaya, J. E.; Ángel Fernández-Álvarez, F.; Andersson, H. S.; Andrade, S. C. S.; Bartolomaeus, T.; Beckers, P.; Bigatti, G.; Cherneva, I.; Chernyshev, A.; Chung, B. M.; Von Döhren, J.; Giribet, G.; Gonzalez-Cueto, J.; Herrera-Bachiller, A.; Hiebert, T.; Hookabe, N.; Junoy, J.; Kajihara, H.; Krämer, D.; Kvist, S.; Magarlamov, T. Y.; Maslakova, S.; Mendes, C. B.; Okazaki, R.; Sagorny, C.; Schwartz, M.; Sun, S.-C.; Sundberg, P.; Turbeville, J. M.; Xu, C.-M. (2018). Nemertean taxonomy—implementing changes in the higher ranks, dismissing Anopla and Enopla. Zoologica Scripta. 48(1): 118–119.

Genbank

Citation

WoRMS (2025). Hoplonemertea. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122309

Prof. Ray Gibson. Hoplonemertea Hubrecht, 1879. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/d1e97cb7-1826-4802-bee3-557f95daadac

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Occurrence

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Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.