Bonelliidae

Bonelliidae
Bonellia viridis (adult female)
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

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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.

  1. ^ a b Tanaka, Masaatsu (2017). "Bonelliidae Lacaze-Duthiers, 1858". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 December 2018.