Tubiluchidae

Tubiluchidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Priapulida
Class: Priapulimorpha
Order: Priapulimorphida
Family: Tubiluchidae
Genera
  • Meiopriapulus
  • Tubiluchus
  • Paratubiluchus

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

Anatomy

The Polythyridium is a gut component.[1] Members of the group also have a neck region both as larvae and as adults.[2]

Taxa

The family includes only the genus Tubiluchus van der Land 1968, and in some classifications Meiopriapulus.[3] 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 [4]
    • T. philippinensis van der Land, 1985
    • T. remanei van der Land, 1982
    • T. soyoae Schmidt-Rhaesa, Panpeng & Yamasaki 2017 [4]
    • T. troglodytes Todaro & Shirley, 2003
    • T. vanuatensis Adrianov & Malakhov, 1991
  • Meiopriapulus
    • M. fijiensis


References

  1. ^ J. van der Land (1970). "Systematics, zoogeography, and ecology of the Priapulida". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 112 (1): 1–118. ISSN 0024-1652.
  2. ^ Raeker, Jan; Lord, Arianna; Herranz, María; Giribet, Gonzalo; Worsaae, Katrine; Schmidt-Rhaesa, Andreas (2025). "The big, the small and the weird: A phylogenomic analysis of extant Priapulida". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 204 108297. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108297. PMID 39884518.
  3. ^ Zimmermann, Daniel (2015-01-07). Notes on a Few Minor Phyla. ISBN 978-1-312-81660-2.
  4. ^ a b 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.