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Sipuncula 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 154520

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 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: 2015   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumSipuncula  – 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
       
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  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
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  Reference for: shore worms[French], sipunculiens [French]   
       
  Source: CRIA-Brazil, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
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  Reference for: sipúnculo[Portuguese]   
       
  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): Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2015   
  Article/Chapter Title: Correction: A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: PLoS ONE vol. 10, no. 6, e0130114   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1932-6203   
  Notes: Available online at http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0130114#sec001 ; Full authorship: Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, T. Cavalier-Smith, M. D. Guiry, and P. M. Kirk   
  Reference for: Sipuncula   
       
  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   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Phylogenetic studies have revealed the the Sipuncula, historically treated as an independant phylum, belongs within Phylum Annelida. Ruggiero et al. (2015) retained it as a separate phylum  
 

 

    

 
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