ITIS Standard Report Page: Sipuncula

Sipuncula
Taxonomic Serial No.: 154520

Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Phylum
	Synonym(s):	Sipunculoidea Sedgwick, 1898
	Common Name(s):	peanut worms [English]
		shore worms [English]
		sipunculan worms [English]
		sipúnculo [Portuguese]
		shore worms [French]
		sipunculiens [French]
		sipunculans [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2013

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Lophozoa
	Phylum	Sipuncula – peanut worms, shore worms, sipunculan worms, sipúnculo, shore worms, sipunculiens, sipunculans
		Direct Children:
	Class	Phascolosomatidea E. Cutler and Gibbs, 1985
	Class	Sipunculidea E. Cutler and Gibbs, 1985

References


	Expert(s):
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	Other Source(s):
	Source:	ITIS*^ca, website (version 2002)
	Acquired:	2003
	Notes:
	Reference for:	shore worms[French], sipunculiens [French]

	Source:	CRIA-Brazil, website (version 2002)
	Acquired:	2003
	Notes:
	Reference for:	sipúnculo[Portuguese]

	Source:	ITIS & Species 2000 Catalogue of Life Management Hierarchy, document (version Animalia)
	Acquired:	2013
	Notes:	M. Ruggiero & D. Gordon, eds. 2013. Consensus Management Hierarchy for the ITIS & Species2000 Catalogue of Life. Contributors: Nicolas Bailly, Thierry Bourgoin, Richard Brusca, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, Daphne Fautin, Dennis Gordon, Gerald Guala, Michael Guiry, Paul Kirk, Elliot Lefkowitz, David Mabberly, David Maddison, Alan Paton, Michael Ruggiero, Peter Stevens, and Brian Tyndall
	Reference for:	Sipuncula

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Sipuncula

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Cutler, Edward B.
	Publication Date:	1994
	Article/Chapter Title:
	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
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Sipuncula, peanut worms [English], sipunculans [English]

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Stephen, A. C., and S. J. Edmonds
	Publication Date:	1972
	Article/Chapter Title:
	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
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Sipuncula

Geographic Information


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