Priapulidae

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Priapulidae
Temporal range: Recent (Stem-group from the Carboniferous)
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Priapulus caudatus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Priapulida
Class: Priapulimorpha
Order: Priapulimorphida
Family: Priapulidae
Gosse, 1855
Genera
  • Priapulus Lamarck 1816 (type)
  • Priapulites Schram, 1973
  • Koren & Danielssen, 1875

Priapulidae is the canonical family of priapulid worms, comprising Priapulus and Priapulosis as well as the Carboniferous genus Priapulites.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Budd, G. E.; Jensen, S. (2000). "A critical reappraisal of the fossil record of the bilaterian phyla". Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 75 (2): 253–95. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.1999.tb00046.x. PMID 10881389. S2CID 39772232.


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