<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Nemertea</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>Animalia</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>nemertoids</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>proboscis worms</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>ribbon worm</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>ribbon worms</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>ribbon-worms</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>ribbonworm</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>ribbonworms</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Nemertia</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Nemertina</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Nemertinea</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Rhynchocoela</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>bootlace worms</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>nemerteans</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>nemertineans</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>nemertines</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Phylum of approximately 900 known species representing the simplest animals to possess a circulatory system and a gut with a separate mouth and anus. The body is usually long and slender and is often extended greatly during movement. Most are marine free-living forms, but there are also a few parasites and some that live in freshwater or on land. ]]></note></mads>