Biology:Urechidae
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Short description: Family of annelid worms
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| Urechis unicinctus at a market in Korea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Class: | Polychaeta |
| Subclass: | Echiura |
| Order: | Echiuroidea |
| Family: | Urechidae Monro, 1927[2] |
| Genus: | Urechis Seitz, 1907[1] |
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Urechidae (commonly known as "fat innkeeper" or "penis fish")[3][4] is a family of spoonworms in the subclass Echiura. The only genus in the family is Urechis, which has four species.
Species
The World Register of Marine Species includes these species in this genus:-[1]
- Urechis caupo Fisher & MacGinitie, 1928
- Urechis chilensis (M. Müller, 1852)
- Urechis novaezealandiae (Dendy, 1898)
- Urechis unicinctus (Drasche, 1880)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 van der Land, Jacob; Murina, Galina Vansetti (2012). "Urechis Seitz, 1907". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=264946.
- ↑ Tanaka, Masaatsu (2017). "Urechidae Monro, 1927". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=255181.
- ↑ Parr, Ivan (11 December 2019). "Ask the Naturalist | What Caused this Mass Worm Stranding?". https://baynature.org/2019/12/10/naturally-2019-closes-with-thousands-of-10-inch-pulsing-penis-fish-stranded-on-a-california-beach/.
- ↑ "Archived copy". https://www.ecowatch.com/amp/penis-fish-california-beach-2641588222.
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