Tubiluchus

Tubiluchidae

Tubiluchidae

Family of priapulid worms

Tubiluchidae is one of the two families of priapulimorphidan priapulid worms.

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Taxa

The family includes only the genus Tubiluchus van der Land 1968, and in some classifications Meiopriapulus.[1] A full list of the included species:

  • Tubilucus van der Land, 1968
    • T. arcticus Adrianov, Malakhov, Tchesunov & Tzetlin, 1989
    • T. australensis Van der Land 1985
    • T. corallicola van der Land, 1968
    • T. pardosi Schmidt-Rhaesa, Panpeng & Yamasaki 2017 [2]
    • T. philippinensis van der Land, 1985
    • T. remanei van der Land, 1982
    • T. soyoae Schmidt-Rhaesa, Panpeng & Yamasaki 2017 [2]
    • T. troglodytes Todaro & Shirley, 2003
    • T. vanuatensis Adrianov & Malakhov, 1991
  • Meiopriapulus
    • M. fijiensis

Anatomy

The Polythyridium is a gut component.[3]

References

Wikispecies has information related to Tubiluchidae.
  1. [1]
    Zimmermann, Daniel (2015-01-07). Notes on a Few Minor Phyla. ISBN 978-1-312-81660-2.
  2. [2]
    Schmidt-Rhaesa, Andreas; Panpeng, Supak; Yamasaki, Hiroshi (2017). "Two new species of Tubiluchus (Priapulida) from Japan". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 267: 155–167. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2017.03.004.
  3. [3]
    J. van der Land (1970). "Systematics, zoogeography, and ecology of the Priapulida". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 112 (1): 1–118. ISSN 0024-1652.


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