BIOLOGIYA MORYA, 2004, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 152-153

The first record of segmented nemerteans of the genus Annulonemertes (Nemertea, Enopla) in the Arctic

© 2004 A. V. Chernyshev¹, Yu. S. Minichev²

¹Institute of Marine Biology, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok 690041;
²Biological Research Institute, Saint-Petersburg State University, Stary Petergof 198804

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A brief description of interstitial nemertean of the genus Annulonemertes Berg, 1985 is given. All specimens were collected 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.

Key words: nemerteans, segmentation, interstitial.