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IN January 1938, Yngvar Hagen, zoologist of the Norwegian Scientific Expedition to Tristan da Cunha (1937–38), discovered a new nemertean species on Nightingale Island. The animal was found attached to the underside of boulder stones situated on a beach, though far above the high-water mark. The fauna of the area was quite a terrestrial one, as land snails, mites and spiders were also found there. The worm was later handed to me for a closer examination, and this investigation has now been finished. Publication of the paper must wait until after the War, but I should like nevertheless to place this interesting find on scientific record now.
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BRINKMANN, A. A New Land Nemertean. Nature 151, 253 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151253a0
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