Urechidae

Urechidae
Urechis unicinctus at a market in Korea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Subclass: Echiura
Order: Echiuroidea
Family: Urechidae
Monro, 1927[2]
Genus: Urechis
Seitz, 1907[1]
Species

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:-[1]

References

  1. ^ a b van der Land, Jacob; Murina, Galina Vansetti (2012). "Urechis Seitz, 1907". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  2. ^ Tanaka, Masaatsu (2017). "Urechidae Monro, 1927". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  3. ^ Parr, Ivan (11 December 2019). "Ask the Naturalist | What Caused this Mass Worm Stranding?". Baynature.org. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2021-08-31. Retrieved 2021-08-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)