Priapulidae
| Priapulidae Temporal range:    | |
|---|---|
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| Priapulus caudatus | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Priapulida | 
| Class: | Priapulimorpha | 
| Order: | Priapulimorphida | 
| Family: | Gosse, 1855  | 
| Genera | |
 
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Priapulidae is the canonical family of priapulid worms, comprising Priapulus and Priapulosis as well as the Carboniferous genus Priapulites.[1]
Systematics
Classification and maximum trunk length:[2][3][4]
- Family Priapulidae 
- Genus Acanthopriapulus 
- Species A. horridus (24.5 mm)
 
 - Genus Priapulopsis 
- Species P. australis (50 mm)
 - Species P. bicaudatus (100 mm)
 - Species P. cnidephorus (only known from a postlarval specimen)
 
 - Genus Priapulus 
- Species P. abyssorum (30 mm)
 - Species P. caudatus (200 mm)
 - Species P. tuberculatospinosus (200 mm)
 
 
 - Genus Acanthopriapulus 
 
References
- ^ 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. S2CID 39772232.
 - ^ Schmidt-Rhaesa, Andreas; Cañete, Juan I.; Mutschke, Erika (2022). "New record and first description including SEM and μCT of the rare priapulid Acanthopriapulus horridus (Priapulida, Scalidophora)". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 298: 1. Bibcode:2022ZooAn.298....1S. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2022.03.001.
 - ^ Schmidt-Rhaesa, Andreas; Raeker, Jan (2023). "Morphology of larval and postlarval stages of Priapulopsis bicaudatus (Danielssen, 1869) (Priapulida) from the north atlantic ocean". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 302: 1. Bibcode:2023ZooAn.302....1S. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2022.11.006.
 - ^ Schmidt-Rhaesa, Andreas (21 December 2012). Handbook of Zoology. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-027253-6.
 
 
