Biology:Ikedidae

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Short description: Family of annelid worms

Ikedidae
Ikeda spp.jpg
Ikeda sp., marine worm. Port Phillip, Victoria.
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Subclass: Echiura
Order: Echiuroidea
Suborder: Bonelliida
Family: Ikedidae
Bock, 1942[2]
Genus: Ikeda
Wharton, 1913[1]
Species
  • Ikeda pirotansis
  • Ikeda taenioides

Ikedidae is a family of spoon worms in the suborder Bonelliida. It is a monotypic family, the only genus being Ikeda. These worms burrow into soft sediment on the seabed.

Examination of the original material of Ikeda taenoides by Teruaki Nishikawa in 2002 showed that the longitudinal muscle layer lay between the circular layer and the oblique layer, as in all other echiurans, throwing the validity of the family Ikedidae into doubt. Nishikawa advocates that the family be regarded as a junior synonym of Echiuridae.[3]

Species

The World Register of Marine Species recognises the following species in the genus:-[1]

  • Ikeda pirotansis (Menon & DattaGupta, 1962)
  • Ikeda taenioides (Ikeda, 1904)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q21216489 entry