Monostilifera

Belongs within: Neonemertea.
Contains: Amphiporidae.

The Monostilifera is a clade of nemertean worms characterised by the possession of a proboscis armed by a single stylet (Thollesson & Norenburg 2003).

<==Monostilifera [Mictosemia, Paramonostilifera]
    |  i. s.: Cryptonemertes actinophila (Bürger 1904)G02
    |         AnnulonemertesC03
    |--Cratenemertea [Cratenemertiformes]C03
    |    |--KorotkevitschiidaeC03
    |    |    |--AchoronemertesC03
    |    |    `--Korotkevitschia Friedrich 1968C03
    |    |         `--K. pelagicaC03
    |    `--Nipponnemertes Friedrich 1968TN03, G02 [Cratenemertidae]
    |         |--*N. pulchra (Johnston 1837)G02
    |         |--N. arenariaC03
    |         |--N. bimaculatus (Coe 1901)TN03
    |         |--N. punctatulus (Coe 1905)TN03
    |         `--N. sanguinea Riser 1998G02
    `--Distromatonemertea [Amphiporiformes, Distromatorhynchocoelomia, Eumonostilifera]TN03
         |  i. s.: PlectonemertidaeG02
         |           |--Acteonemertes Pantin 1961G02
         |           |    `--*A. bathamae Pantin 1961G02
         |           |--Campbellonemertes Moore & Gibson 1972G02
         |           |    `--*C. johnsi Moore & Gibson 1972G02
         |           |--Argonemertes Moore & Gibson 1981G02
         |           |    |--*A. australiensis (Dendy 1892)G02
         |           |    `--A. dendyi (Dakin 1915) [=Geonemertes dendyi]G02
         |           |--Potamonemertes Moore & Gobson 1973K86, G02
         |           |    |--*P. percivali Moore & Gobson 1973G02
         |           |    `--P. gibsoni Hickman & Moore 1990G02
         |           `--Antiponemertes Moore & Gibson 1981G02
         |                |--*A. novaezealandiae (Dendy 1895) (see below for synonymy)G02
         |                |--A. allisonae (Moore 1973) [=Geonemertes allisonae]G02
         |                `--A. pantini (Southgate 1954) [=Geonemertes pantini, Antipodonemertes (l. c.) pantini]G02
         |         ProsorhochmidaeG02
         |           |--Heilogonemertes Gibson 2002G02
         |           |    `--*H. cooki Gibson 2002G02
         |           |--Notogaeanemertes Riser 1988G02
         |           |    `--*N. folzae Riser 1988G02
         |           `--ProsorhochmusG02
         |                |--*P. claparediii Keferstein 1862G02
         |                `--P. nelsoni (Sanchez 1973)TN09
         |--Carcinonemertes [Carcinonemertidae]TN03
         |    `--C. carcinophilaTN03
         |         |--C. c. carcinophilaTN03
         |         `--C. c. imminuta (Kölliker 1845)TN03
         `--+--AmphiporidaeTN03
            `--TetrastemmatidaeTN03
                 |  i. s.: Prostoma Dugès 1828G02
                 |           |--*P. graecense (Böhmig 1892) [=Tetrastemma graecensis]G02
                 |           |--P. eilhardi (Montgomery 1894) [=Stichostemma eilhardi]G02
                 |           |--P. hercegovinense Tarman 1961K86
                 |           |--P. puteale Beauchamp 1932 [=P. clepsinoides var. putealis]K86
                 |           `--P. rubrumMS98
                 |         TetrastemmaK92
                 |           |--T. flavidumK92
                 |           `--T. vermiculusK92
                 |         Meionemertes Gibson 1986G02
                 |           `--*M. polygonimos Gibson 1986G02
                 |         FriedrichiaC03
                 |         ObuergeriaC03
                 |--Nemertellina yamaokai (Iwata 1954)TN02
                 `--+--+--Antarctonemertes varverae Chernyshev 1999TN03
                    |  `--‘Tetrastemma’ elegans (Girard 1852)TN03
                    `--+--‘Tetrastemma’ wilsoni Coe 1943TN03
                       `--OerstediaTN03 [incl. OerstediellaG02, ParoerstediaG02; Oestediidae]
                            |--O. dorsalisPH06
                            |--O. tenuicollis (Kirsteuer 1963) [=Oerstediella tenuicollis]G02
                            |--O. venusta Iwata 1954TN03
                            `--O. zebra (Chernyshev 1993)TN03
Nomen nudum: Tetrastemma flavidum var. lactaeum Caullery & Mesnil 1901K92

*Antiponemertes novaezealandiae (Dendy 1895) [=Geonemertes novaezealandiae, G. novaezelandiae (l. c.), G. novozelandiae (l. c.), Antipodonemertes (l. c.) novaezealandiae]^G02

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[C03] Chernyshev, A. V. 2003. Classification system of the higher taxa of enoplan nemerteans (Nemertea, Enopla). Biologiya Mariya—Marine Biology 29: 299–306 (translated: Russian Journal of Marine Biology 29 (Suppl. 1): S57–S65).

[G02] Gibson, R. 2002. The Invertebrate Fauna of New Zealand: Nemertea (ribbon worms). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 118. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research: Wellington.

[K86] Kirsteuer, E. 1986. Nemertina. In: Botosaneanu, L. (ed.) Stygofauna Mundi: A Faunistic, Distributional, and Ecological Synthesis of the World Fauna inhabiting Subterranean Waters (including the Marine Interstitial) pp. 72–75. E. J. Brill/Dr W. Backhuys: Leiden.

[K92] Kozloff, E. N. 1992. The genera of the phylum Orthonectida. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 33: 377–406.

[MS98] Margulis, L., & K. V. Schwartz. 1998. Five Kingdoms: An Illustrated Guide to the Phyla of Life on Earth 3^rd ed. W. H. Freeman and Company: New York.

[PH06] Passamaneck, Y., & K. M. Halanych. 2006. Lophotrochozoan phylogeny assessed with LSU and SSU data: evidence of lophophorate polyphyly. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40 (1): 20–28.

[TN09] Thiel, M., & J. L. Norenburg. 2009. Nemertea—ribbon worms. In: Häusermann, V., & G. Försterra (eds) Marine Benthic Fauna of Chilean Patagonia pp. 369–380. Nature in Focus: Puerto Montt (Chile).

[TN03] Thollesson, M., & J. L. Norenburg. 2003. Ribbon worm relationships: a phylogeny of the phylum Nemertea. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B—Biological Sciences 270: 407–415.