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Aspidosiphonidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Aspidosiphoniformes

Rank
  
Family

Class
  
Phascolosomatidea

Phylum
  
Sipuncula

Similar
  
Phascolosomatidae, Golfingiidae, Sipunculidea, Themiste

Aspidosiphonidae is a family of peanut worms. It is the only family in the Aspidosiphoniformes, which is in the class Phascolosomatidea.

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Description

The Aspidosiphonidae family is characterized by an oral disk with short tentacles arranged in a crescent enclosing nucal organ. Present a coelomisd canal of sacs not present in body wall the longitudinal muscles layer either continuous or in band. Present anterior and terminal trunk chitinized to form anal shield, the posterior end usually likewise modified to form caudal shield. Have two nephridia.

Aspidosiphon

  • Aspidosiphon albus Murina, 1967
  • Aspidosiphon coyi de Quatrefages, 1865
  • Aspidosiphon elegans (Chamisso and Eysenhardt, 1821)
  • Aspidosiphon exiguus Edmonds 1974
  • Aspidosiphon fischeri Broeke, A. ten, 1925
  • Aspidosiphon gosnoldi Cutler, E., 1981
  • Aspidosiphon gracilis (Baird, 1868)
  • Aspidosiphon laevis de Quatrefages, 1865
  • Aspidosiphon mexicanus Murina, 1967
  • Aspidosiphon misakiensis Ikeda 1904
  • Aspidosiphon muelleri Diesing 1851
  • Aspidosiphon parvulus Gerould, 1913
  • Aspidosiphon planoscutatus Murina, 1968
  • Aspidosiphon spiralis Sluiter, 1902
  • Aspidosiphon steenstrupii Diesing, 1859
  • Aspidosiphon tenuis Sluiter, 1886
  • Aspidosiphon thomassini Cutler and Cutler, 1979
  • Aspidosiphon venabulum Selenka & Bulow, 1883
  • Aspidosiphon zinni Cutler, 1969

    • Cloeosiphon

  • Cloeosiphon aspergillus (de Quatrefages, 1865)

    • Lithacrosiphon

  • Lithacrosiphon cristatus (Sluiter, 1902)
  • Lithacrosiphon maldivensis Shipley 1902

    • References

    Aspidosiphonidae Wikipedia
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