Echiura

Echiura

Taxonavigation

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Echiura
Ordines (3): Echiuroidea - Heteromyota - Xenopneusta

References

• Biseswar, R. 2009: The geographic distribution of echiurans in the Atlantic Ocean (Phylum Echiura). Zootaxa, 2222: 17-30. Abstract & excerpt
• Biseswar, R. 2010: Zoogeography of the echiuran fauna of the Indo-West Pacific Ocean (Phylum: Echiura). Zootaxa, 2727: 21-33. Preview
• Biseswar, R. 2012: Zoogeography of the echiuran fauna of the East Pacific Ocean (Phylum: Echiura). Zootaxa, 3479: 69-76. Preview reference page 
• Chipman, A.D. 2008: Annelids step forward. Evolution & development, 10(2): 141-142.
• Dean, H.K. et al. 2010: Sipunculans and Echiurans of Isla del Coco (Cocos Island), Costa Rica. Zootaxa, 2557: 60-68. Preview
• Hessling, R.; Westheide, W. 2002: Are Echiura derived from a segmented ancestor? Immunohistochemical analysis of the nervous system in developmental stages of Bonellia viridis. Journal of morphology, 252(2): 100-113.
• McHugh, D. 1997: Molecular evidence that echiurans and pogonophorans are derived annelids. PNAS, 94: 8006–8009.
• Nishikawa, T. 1998: Nomenclatural remarks on the family-group names of the phylum Echiura. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 111: 249-256.
• Rouse, G.W.; Pleijel, F. 2007: Annelida. Pp. 245-264 in: Zhang, Z.-Q. & Shear, W.A. (eds.) Linnaeus tercentenary: progress in invertebrate taxonomy. Zootaxa, 1668: 1–766. PDF
• Struck, T.H.; Schult, N.; Kusen, T.; Hickman, E.; Bleidorn, C.; McHugh, D.; Halanych, K.M. 2007: Annelid phylogeny and the status of Sipuncula and Echiura. BMC evolutionary biology, 7: 57. [1]

links

• Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
• Echiura in the World Register of Marine Species

Vernacular names

Alemannisch: Igelwirmer
Boarisch: Ügéwyrmer, Igelwyrmer
Deutsch: Igelwürmer
English: burrow worms, spoon worms
français: Échiuriens, Bonellies
hrvatski: Zvjezdani
magyar: ormányosférgek
македонски: Лажичести црви
日本語: ユムシ動物門
polski: Szczetnice
Türkçe: Kaşığımsı solucanlar

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