Maine Biota Project

Ribbon-worms of Maine

(Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Nemertea)


Below is a working list of Maine’s ribbon-worms. Species attributed to Pollock (1998) are those that were reported as occurring between Cape Cod and Newfoundland.
Class Order Family Genus Species Authority Common Name Sources (full citations given below this table)
Anopla Paleonemertea Tubulanidae Tubulanus pellucidus (Coe) ? DMC
Anopla Heteronemertea Lineidae Cerebratulus lacteus (Leidy) milky ribbon-worm DMC; Pollock (1998); Procter (1933, p. 130.)
Anopla Heteronemertea Lineidae Lineus arenicola ? sandy lineus Pollock (1998)
Anopla Heteronemertea Lineidae Lineus ruber (O. F. Müller) ? DMC; Pollock (1998); Procter (1933, p. 130.)
Anopla Heteronemertea Lineidae Lineus socialis (Leidy) ? Pollock (1998); Procter (1933, p. 130.)
Anopla Heteronemertea Lineidae Micrura affinis ? bright red ribbon-worm Pollock (1998)
Anopla Heteronemertea Lineidae Micrura albida ? ? DMC
Anopla Heteronemertea ? Myoisophagos sanguineus (Rathke) ? Pollock (1998, as Lineus sanguineus
Anopla Paleonemertea Cephalothricidae Cephalothrix linearis (J. Rathke) DMC
Anopla Paleonemertea Cephalothricidae Procephalothrix spiralis Coe thread ribbon-worm Pollock (1998); Procter (1933, p. 130. [see note 1 below])
Enopla Bdellonemertea Malacobdellidae Malacobdella grossa ? leech ribbon-worm Pollock (1998)
Enopla Hoplonemertea Amphiporidae Amphiporus angulatus (O. F. Müller) chevron amphiporus DMC; Pollock (1998); Procter (1933, p. 129.)
Enopla Hoplonemertea Amphiporidae Zygonemertes virescens ? green ribbon-worm Pollock (1998)
Enopla Hoplonemertea Carcinonemertidae Carcinonemertes carcinophila ? crab nemertean Pollock (1998)
Enopla Hoplonemertea Prosorhochmidae Oerstedia dorsalis ? ? Pollock (1998)
Enopla Hoplonemertea Tetrastemmatidae Tetrastemma candidum (O. F. Müller) green four-eyed ribbon-worm DMC; Pollock (1998); Procter (1933, p. 129.)
Enopla Hoplonemertea Tetrastemmatidae Cyanophthalma cordiceps ? striped four-eyed ribbon-worm Pollock (1998)


Note:
1. Procter (1933, p. 130.) listed Cephalothrix filiformis but noted that it was “probably C. spiralis”.

Sources:
DMC = Darling Marine Center website (https://dmc.umaine.edu/research/species-list/) accessed 11 August 2020.
Pollock, Leland W. 1998. A Practical Guide to the Marine Animals of Northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press; New Brunswick, New Jersey. (ISBN 0-8135-2398-2)
Procter, William. 1933. Biological Survey of the Mount Desert Region, Part V. Philadelphia: The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology.