Nemertopsis quadripunctata
Nemertopsis quadripunctata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
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Family:  Emplectonematidae ()
Max. size:  6.1 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthic; marine
Distribution:  Northwest Pacific: Japan and Hong Kong.
Diagnosis:  Head appears to have a slightly rounded diamond shape when moving. Body is slender and gradually narrows, ending in a bluntly pointed tail. White or off-white in color, dorsally marked by a pair of well defined slender blackish-brown stipes.
Biology:  Found in the mantle cavity of the barnacle Capitulum mitella (Ref. 125683).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans:  harmless
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