Carcinonemertes errans
Species of ribbon worm / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carcinonemertes errans is a ribbon worm in the family Carcinonemertidae. It lives in symbiosis with the Dungeness crab (Metacarcinus magister), consuming the crab's developing eggs. In 1980 it was implicated in the collapse of the Dungeness crab fishery in central California.
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Carcinonemertes errans | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nemertea |
Class: | Enopla |
Order: | Hoplonemertea |
Family: | Carcinonemertidae |
Genus: | Carcinonemertes |
Species: | C. errans |
Binomial name | |
Carcinonemertes errans Wickham, 1978[1] | |
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