Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Priapulida > Order Priapulomorpha

Priapulidae Gosse, 1855

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Priapulopsis Koren & Danielssen, 1875
Priapulus Lamarck, 1816

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: プリアプルス科

Literature

original description

Gosse, P. H. (1855). A manual of marine zoology for the British Isles. Part I. John Van Voorst. London. 203 pp. 355 figs.

basis of record

Neuhaus, B.; van der Land, J. (2001). Cephalorhyncha (=Loricifera, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Nematomorpha), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 159-160

additional source

Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.

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Citation

Paulay, G. (2025). World List of Priapulida. Priapulidae Gosse, 1855. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101078

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Occurrence

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Environment


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Importance

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2018-07-06 by Gustav Paulay

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