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Sipunculidae  
Taxonomic Serial No.: 154521

 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): sipunculids [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete    
  Latest Record Review: 2009    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumSipuncula  -- peanut worms, shore worms, shore worms, sipunculan worms, sipunculans, sipunculiens, sipúnculo  
       ClassSipunculidea E. Cutler and Gibbs, 1985  
          OrderSipunculiformes E. Cutler and Gibbs, 1985  
             FamilySipunculidae  -- sipunculids  
    Direct Children:  
                GenusPhascolopsis Fisher, 1950  
                GenusSiphonomecus Fisher, 1947  
                GenusSiphonosoma Spengel, 1912  
                GenusSipunculus Linnaeus, 1766  
                GenusXenosiphon Fisher, 1947  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sipunculidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  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   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sipunculidae, sipunculids   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Cutler (1994:24) notes Sipunculidae "has historically been attributed to Baird (1868)," but attributes authorship to Rafinesque (1814:32). That work uses "Famille Sipuncula" for "G[enus]. Syrinx" (coined in Bohadsch 1761, a suppressed work) but does not mention the genus Sipunculus Linnaeus 1766. Should there be any issue with availability of the family name Sipunculidae from Rafinesque (1814), other works prior to 1868 would make the name available, e.g., Forbes (1841:243-251)  
 

 

    
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