Carcinonemertes errans is a ribbon worm in the family Carcinonemertidae. It lives in symbiosis with the Dungeness crab (Metacarcinus magister), consuming the crab's developing eggs. In 1980 it was implicated in the collapse of the Dungeness crab fishery in central California.
^Gibson, Raymond (2005). "Carcinonemertes errans Wickham, 1978". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
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