Meara stichopi | |
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Three individuals of Meara stichopi with a length between 1–2 mm. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Xenacoelomorpha |
Class: | Nemertodermatida |
Family: | Nemertodermatidae |
Genus: | Meara Westblad, 1949 |
Species: | M. stichopi
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Binomial name | |
Meara stichopi Westblad, 1949
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Meara is a genus of bilaterally symmetric, small aquatic worms in the phylum Acoelomorpha.[1] This genus contains only one species, Meara stichopi, a parasite of the sea cucumber Parastichopus tremulus. It occurs in Norway and Sweden.[2]