Priapulidae

Priapulidae
Temporal range: Recent (Stem-group from the Carboniferous)
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Priapulus caudatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Priapulida
Class: Priapulimorpha
Order: Priapulimorphida
Family: Priapulidae
Gosse, 1855
Genera

Priapulidae is the canonical family of priapulid worms, comprising Priapulus and Priapulosis as well as the Carboniferous genus Priapulites.[1]

  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. S2CID 39772232.