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Sipunculus  Linnaeus, 1766
Taxonomic Serial No.: 154522

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Syrinx Bohadsch, 1761
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2009   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumSipuncula  – peanut worms, shore worms, sipunculan worms, sipúnculo, shore worms, sipunculiens, sipunculans  
                ClassSipunculidea E. Cutler and Gibbs, 1985  
                   OrderSipunculiformes E. Cutler and Gibbs, 1985  
                      FamilySipunculidae  – sipunculids  
                         GenusSipunculus Linnaeus, 1766  
    Direct Children:  
                            Subgenus Sipunculus (Austrosiphon) Fisher, 1954  
                            Subgenus Sipunculus (Sipunculus) Linnaeus, 1766  
       
                          GenusSipunculus Linnaeus, 1766 incertae sedis  
    Children with Uncertain Position:  
                            Species Sipunculus clavatus de Blainville, 1827  
                            Species Sipunculus corallicolus Pourtalès, 1851  
                            Species Sipunculus echinorhynchus Chiaje, 1823  
                            Species Sipunculus macrorhynchus de Blainville, 1827  
                            Species Sipunculus microrhynchus de Blainville, 1827  
                            Species Sipunculus rubens Costa, 1860  
                            Species Sipunculus rufofimbriatus Blanchard, 1849  
                            Species Sipunculus saccatus Linnaeus, 1767  
                            Species Sipunculus zenkevitchi Murina, 1969  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Sipunculus   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Cutler, Edward B.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Sipuncula: Their Systematics, Biology, and Evolution   
  Page(s): xvii + 453   
  Publisher: Comstock Publishing Associates of Cornell University Press   
  Publication Place: Ithaca, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8014-2843-2   
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  Reference for: Sipunculus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Cutler, Edward B., and Norma J. Cutler  
  Publication Date: 1985   
  Article/Chapter Title: A revision of the genera Sipunculus and Xenosiphon (Sipuncula)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 85, no. 3   
  Page(s): 219-246   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0024-4082   
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  Reference for: Sipunculus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Stephen, A. C., and S. J. Edmonds  
  Publication Date: 1972   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Phyla Sipuncula and Echiura   
  Page(s): vii+528   
  Publisher: Trustees of The British Museum of Natural History   
  Publication Place: London   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-565-00717-3   
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  Reference for: Sipunculus   
       

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