Echiuridae
Family of annelid worms
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Echiuridae is a family of spoon worms in the suborder Echiurida. It is a monotypic family, the only genus being Echiurus. These worms burrow into soft sediment on the seabed.
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| Worms: E echiurus is at centre left | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Subclass: | Echiura |
| Order: | Echiuroidea |
| Suborder: | Echiurida |
| Family: | Echiuridae Quatrefages, 1847[1] |
| Genus: | Echiurus Guérin-Méneville, 1831[2] |
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Species
The World Register of Marine Species recognises the following species in the genus:-[2]
- Echiurus abyssalis Skorikow, 1906
- Echiurus antarcticus Spengel, 1912
- Echiurus echiurus (Pallas, 1766)
- Echiurus sitchaensis Brandt, 1835