A New and Peculiar Marine Nemertean from the Australian Coast

Abstract

THIS note is to record the discovery of a rather anomalous nemertean worm from the coastal waters of New South Wales. The creature is of outstanding interest because its proboscis, that organ highly characteristic of the phylum, is apparently different altogether from any previously described for this group. In fact, we are not aware of any approximately similar protrusible organ having been recorded in any animal class.