Bonelliidae | |
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Bonellia viridis (adult female) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Clade: | Sedentaria |
Subclass: | Echiura |
Order: | Echiuroidea |
Suborder: | Bonelliida |
Family: | Bonelliidae Lacaze-Duthiers, 1858[1] |
Genera[1] | |
Bonelliidae is a family of marine worms (Subclass Echiura, of the class Polychaeta, in the phylum Annelida) noted for being sexually dimorphic, with males being tiny in comparison with the females. They occupy burrows in the seabed in many parts of the world's oceans, often at great depths.