Morphological studies on Nemertodermatida sampled in the Belgian part of the North Sea

Nemertodermatida is a taxon of small, acoelomate, marine, interstitial worms without a true gut but with a statocyst containing multiple statoliths. Their phylogenetic position is still the subject of debate. This has raised growing interest in the study of this group, on both the molecular and the morphological level. Nemertodermatida have not yet been reported in the Belgian part of the North Sea, and they are known to be sparse. After sampling on different locations in the Belgian part of the North Sea with a Van Veen grab, we were able to collect three different species of Nemertodermatida... Mehr ...