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Sipuncula

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The Sipuncula or Sipunculida (common names sipunculid worms or peanut worms) is a class containing about 162 species of marine annelid worms, that have secondarily lost their segmentation. Sipuncula was once considered a phylum of unsegmented worms, but was demoted to a class of Annelida, based on recent molecular work.

Sipunculidae is a family of peanut worms.

Phascolosomatidea

Phascolosomatidea is a subclass of the class Sipuncula, the peanut worms, containing two orders:-

REDIRECT Golfingiida

Sipunculus nudus

species of worm

Sipunculus is a genus of worms belonging to the family Sipunculidae.

Phascolosomatidae

Phascolosomatidae is a family of peanut worms. It is the only family in the order Phascolosomatida, which is in the only order in the subclass Phascolosomatidea.

Antillesoma antillarum

species of worm

Golfingiidae is a family of peanut worms.

Onchnesoma is one of the two genera that constitute the family Phascolionidae of Phylum Sipuncula, described by Koren and Danielssen established in 1873 as the type species to Onchnesoma steenstrupii.

Aspidosiphonidae

Aspidosiphonidae is a family of peanut worms. It is the only family in the monotypic order Aspidosiphonida, which is in the class Phascolosomatidea.

Sipunculus robustus

species of worm

Lithacrosiphon is a genus of worms belonging to the family Aspidosiphonidae.

Golfingia vulgaris

species of worm

Aspidosiphon elegans

species of worm

Phascolionidae is a family of peanut worms.

Themiste hennahi

species of worm

Themiste cymodoceae

species of worm

Themiste pyroides

species of worm

Phascolosoma granulatum

species of worm

Thysanocardia procera

species of worm

Aspidosiphon muelleri

species of worm

Phascolopsis gouldii

species of worm

Nephasoma rimicola

species of worm

Nephasoma minutum

species of worm

Antillesoma is a genus of peanut worms (Phylum Sipuncula). The genus belongs to the family Phascolosomatidae. Antillesoma was described in 1973 by Stephen and Edmonds.

Golfingiida, also known as the Golfingiiformes, is an order of peanut worms. The tentacles form a circle around the mouth, while those of the sister taxon, Phascolosomatidea, are only found above the mouth. Most species burrow in the substrate but some live in the empty shells of gastropods. It is an order of the class Sipuncula (previously considered a phylum), and contains the following families: