Cerebratulus lacteus

Cerebratulus lacteus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nemertea
Class: Pilidiophora
Order: Heteronemertea
Family: Lineidae
Genus: Cerebratulus
Species:
C. lacteus
Binomial name
Cerebratulus lacteus
(Leidy, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Cerebratulus acteus
  • Cerebratulus ingens
  • Meckelia ingens
  • Meckelia lactea Leidy, 1851
  • Meckelia lizziae
  • Meckelia pocohontas
  • Micrura lactea (Hubrecht)

Cerebratulus lacteus, the milky nemertean or milky ribbon worm, is a proboscis worm in the family Lineidae. This ribbon worm has a wide geographical range on both sides of the northern Atlantic Ocean.

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