Echiuridae

Echiuridae is a family of spoon worms in the suborder Echiurida. It is a monotypic family, the only genus being Echiurus. These worms burrow into soft sediment on the seabed.

Echiuridae
Worms: E echiurus is at centre left
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Subclass: Echiura
Order: Echiuroidea
Suborder: Echiurida
Family: Echiuridae
Quatrefages, 1847
Genus: Echiurus
Guérin-Méneville, 1831
Species
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