Further studies on the evolution of land and freshwater nemerteans: generic relationships among the paramonostiliferous taxa
Morphological characteristics of the terrestrial and freshwater paramonostiliferous nemerteans are compared and the possible evolutionary relationships of the plectonemertid genera are discussed and a diagnosis of the family is provided.
The Geonemertes problem (Nemertea)
A re‐examination of all the known species of Geonemertes has shown that two major groups can be distinguished on the basis of morphological characters, and a key to the terrestrial, brackish‐water and marine nemertean species described in the present paper is provided.
CONVERGENT EVOLUTION IN INVERTEBRATES
- J. Moore, P. Willmer
- BiologyBiological Reviews of The Cambridge Philosophical…
- 1 February 1997
The relationship between convergence and taxonomy is discussed, demonstrating that the choice of taxonomic method will itself determine the extent to which convergence is perceived.
THE EVOLUTION AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY OF TERRESTRIAL AND FRESHWATER NEMERTEANS
The relationships between the known terrestrial and semi‐terrestrial nemerteans, comprising seven genera and 15 species, are defined and their geographic distribution is discussed.
The Distribution and Evolution of Terrestrial Nemertines
- J. Moore
- Environmental Science, Geology
- 1 February 1985
The evolutionary relationship between different species is established on secure morphological grounds, with particular reference to the genus Pantinonemertes which comprises marine, semi-terrestrial and fully terrestrial species.
A new species of Prosorhochmus (Hoplonemertea, Monostilifera) from South Carolina
- R. Gibson, J. Moore, E. Ruppert, J. M. Turbeville
- Biology
- 1 July 1986
A new species of ovoviviparous hoplonemertean from South Carolina is described and illustrated and compared and contrasted with the only other validated member of the genus, Prosorhochmus claparedii from European waters.
Methods of classifying nemerteans: an assessment
It is concluded that phenetic (numerical) taxonomy is particularly inapplicable to any group of invertebrates for which well defined character differences are relatively few, whilst both the phenetic and cladistic methods fail through their fundamental assumption that convergent evolution is a rare occurrence.
The genus Prosorhochmus Keferstein, 1862 (Hoplonemertea)
A diagnosis of the monostiliferous hoplonemertean genus Prosorhochmus is provided and the type-species, P. claparedii, is redescribed and illustrated from Plymouth and Anglesey material; the…
A new genus of freshwater hoplonemertean from New Zealand
A new freshwater hoplonemertean from the Selwyn River, New Zealand, is described and possesses a distinctive combination of characters which establish it as a new genus and species.
Marine relatives of terrestrial nemerteans: The genus Prosadenoporus Bürger, 1890 (Hoplonemertea)
A diagnosis of the monostiliferous hoplonemertean genus Prosadenoporus is provided and the type-species, P. arenarius, is redescribed and illustrated from Malaysian material; this identification is…
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