Priapulidae

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

Priapulidae is the canonical family of priapulid worm, 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.
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