Priapulidae
Family of priapulid worms
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Priapulidae is the canonical family of priapulid worms, comprising Priapulus and Priapulosis as well as the Carboniferous genus Priapulites.[1]
| Priapulidae Temporal range: | |
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| Priapulus caudatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Priapulida |
| Class: | Priapulimorpha |
| Order: | Priapulimorphida |
| Family: | Priapulidae Gosse, 1855 |
| Genera | |
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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)
- Genus Acanthopriapulus
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