Echiuridae

Echiuridae
	Worms: E echiurus is at centre left
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Clade:	Pleistoannelida
Clade:	Sedentaria
Subclass:	Echiura
Order:	Echiuroidea
Suborder:	Echiurida
Family:	Echiuridae; Quatrefages, 1847
Genus:	Echiurus; Guérin-Méneville, 1831
Species
	Echiurus abyssalis; Echiurus antarcticus; Echiurus echiurus; Echiurus sitchaensis;

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[edit]

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

Echiurus abyssalis Skorikow, 1906
Echiurus antarcticus Spengel, 1912
Echiurus echiurus (Pallas, 1766)
Echiurus sitchaensis Brandt, 1835

References[edit]

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

[WoRMS-1] 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.

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