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Echiuridae

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Echiuridae
Worms: E echiurus is at centre left
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Subclass: Echiura
Order: Echiuroidea
Suborder: Echiurida
Family: Echiuridae
Quatrefages, 1847[2]
Genus: Echiurus
Guérin-Méneville, 1831[1]
Species

Echiuridae is a family of spoon worms in the suborder Echiurida. It is a monotypic family, the only genus being Echiurus. These worms burrow into soft sediment on the seabed.

Species

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The World Register of Marine Species recognises the following species in the genus:-[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Tanaka, Masaatsu (2017). "Echiurus Guérin-Méneville, 1831". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  2. ^ Tanaka, Masaatsu (2017). "Echiuridae Quatrefages, 1847". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 February 2019.