Urechis

Urechis
Urechis unicinctus at a market in Korea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Order: Capitellida
Family: Thalassematidae
Subfamily: Thalassematinae
Tribe: Echiurini
Monro, 1927
Genus: Urechis
Seitz, 1907
Species

Urechis (commonly known as "fat innkeeper" or "penis fish") is a spoon worm in the tribe Echiurini.

Species

The World Register of Marine Species includes these species in this genus:-

References

  1. ↑ Tanaka, Masaatsu (2017). "Urechidae Monro, 1927". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  2. 1 2 van der Land, Jacob; Murina, Galina Vansetti (2012). "Urechis Seitz, 1907". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  3. ↑ Parr, Ivan (11 December 2019). "Ask the Naturalist | What Caused this Mass Worm Stranding?". Baynature.org. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2021-08-31. Retrieved 2021-08-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ Goto, Ryutaro; Monnington, James; Sciberras, Marija; Hirabayashi, Isao; Rouse, Greg W. (2020-02-10). "Phylogeny of Echiura updated, with a revised taxonomy to reflect their placement in Annelida as sister group to Capitellidae". Invertebrate Systematics. 34 (1): 101–111. doi:10.1071/IS19020. ISSN 1445-5226. Retrieved 2026-10-10.