Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Priapulida > Order Priapulomorpha > Family Priapulidae > Genus Priapulus

Priapulus abyssorum Menzies, 1959

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Priapulus*	Lamarck, 1816	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Menzies, R. J. (1959). Priapulus abyssorum, New Species, the first Abyssal Priapulid. Nature. 184(4698): 1585-1586.
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	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
additional source	van der Land, J. (2010). Phylum Priapulida: penis worms, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 476-479.

Genbank

Citation

Paulay, G. (2025). World List of Priapulida. Priapulus abyssorum Menzies, 1959. 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:101159