Priapulidae Explained

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)

Notes and References

1. Budd . G. E. . Jensen . S. . 2000 . A critical reappraisal of the fossil record of the bilaterian phyla . 75 . 2 . 253–95 . Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society . 10.1111/j.1469-185X.1999.tb00046.x . 10881389. 39772232 .
2. New record and first description including SEM and μCT of the rare priapulid Acanthopriapulus horridus (Priapulida, Scalidophora) . 10.1016/j.jcz.2022.03.001 . 2022ZooAn.298....1S . Schmidt-Rhaesa . Andreas . Cañete . Juan I. . Mutschke . Erika . Zoologischer Anzeiger . 2022 . 298 . 1 .
3. Morphology of larval and postlarval stages of Priapulopsis bicaudatus (Danielssen, 1869) (Priapulida) from the north atlantic ocean . 10.1016/j.jcz.2022.11.006 . 2023ZooAn.302....1S . Schmidt-Rhaesa . Andreas . Raeker . Jan . Zoologischer Anzeiger . 2023 . 302 . 1 .
4. Book: Handbook of Zoology . 978-3-11-027253-6 . Schmidt-Rhaesa . Andreas . 21 December 2012 . Walter de Gruyter .