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Let’s cut the ribbon of ribbon worm conservation with special reference to India: A review

Soumik Dhara
Coastal Ecology research group, Department of Zoology, Egra SSB College, Egra-721429, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India; Department of Zoology, Vidyasagar University, West Bengal,India

Biplab Mandal
Department of Zoology, Vidyasagar University, West Bengal,India

Sudipta Kumar Ghorai
Coastal Ecology research group, Department of Zoology, Egra SSB College, Egra-721429, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52756/boesd.2022.e01.005

Keywords: Nemertea, Conservation status, Proboscis, Bio-active compounds.

Abstract:

Rhynchocoela, Nemertini, or Ribbon worms are non-segmented bilaterally symmetrical with long, soft and contractile bodies. The Indian subcontinent has only 8 species of Nemertea out of 1275 species worldwide to date. Due to their lack of direct impact on human society, they have been neglected thus far. There is now a clear understanding of Nemertea’s importance in many fields, such as top predators in soft bottom communities, maintaining community structure, and serving as indicators. Now they are vanishing at an alarming rate. There are two species of Nemertea that have become extinct. In IUCN Red Data Book, there is no information about this phylum other than terrestrial Nemertea. An in-depth survey is needed to explore them, identify new species, monitor existing species and save them from extinction

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Soumik Dhara, Biplab Mandal, and Sudipta Kumar Ghorai (2022). Let’s cut the ribbon of ribbon worm conservation with special reference to India: A review. © International Academic Publishing House (IAPH), Dr. N. R. Madhu & Dr. B. K. Behera (eds.), A Basic Overview of Environment and Sustainable Development, pp. 55-65. ISBN: 978-81-957954-2-0 DOI: https://doi.org/10.52756/boesd.2022.e01.005

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