| Urechidae | |
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| Urechis unicinctus at a market in Korea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Class: | Polychaeta |
| Subclass: | Echiura |
| Order: | Echiuroidea |
| Family: | Urechidae Monro, 1927[1] |
| Genus: | Urechis Seitz, 1907[2] |
| Species | |
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Urechidae (commonly known as "fat innkeeper" or "penis fish")[3][4] is a family of spoonworms in the subclass Echiura. The only genus in the family is Urechis, which has four species.
Species
The World Register of Marine Species includes these species in this genus:-[2]
- Urechis caupo Fisher & MacGinitie, 1928
- Urechis chilensis (M. Müller, 1852)
- Urechis novaezealandiae (Dendy, 1898)
- Urechis unicinctus (Drasche, 1880)
References
- ↑ Tanaka, Masaatsu (2017). "Urechidae Monro, 1927". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- 1 2 van der Land, Jacob; Murina, Galina Vansetti (2012). "Urechis Seitz, 1907". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ↑ Parr, Ivan (11 December 2019). "Ask the Naturalist | What Caused this Mass Worm Stranding?". Baynature.org. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2021-08-31. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
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