WoRMS taxon details
Urechis caupo Fisher & MacGinitie, 1928
266874 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:266874)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fisher, W. K., MacGinitie, G. E. (1928). A new echiuroid worm from California. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 10).</em> 1(2): 199–204, plate IX., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222932808672764
page(s): 200. [details]
page(s): 200. [details]
Etymology authors footnote: "Caupo, an inn-keeper, from the variety of commensals inhabiting the tunnels in which Urechis lives."
Etymology authors footnote: "Caupo, an inn-keeper, from the variety of commensals inhabiting the tunnels in which Urechis lives." [details]
WoRMS (2025). Urechis caupo Fisher & MacGinitie, 1928. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=266874 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Fisher, W. K., MacGinitie, G. E. (1928). A new echiuroid worm from California. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 10).</em> 1(2): 199–204, plate IX., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222932808672764
page(s): 200. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
page(s): 200. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Fisher, W. K., MacGinitie, G. E. (1928). The natural history of an echiuroid worm. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 10).</em> 10(1): 204–213, plate X., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222932808672765 [details]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Morton, B. & Morton, J. (1983). <i>The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong</i>. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 350 pp. [details]
additional source MacGinitie, G. E. 1930. Notice of extension of range and of new species of various invertebrates. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6: 68. [details]
additional source Murina, Vantsetti. List of Echiura. [details]
additional source MacGinitie, G. E. 1930. Notice of extension of range and of new species of various invertebrates. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6: 68. [details]
additional source Murina, Vantsetti. List of Echiura. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology authors footnote: "Caupo, an inn-keeper, from the variety of commensals inhabiting the tunnels in which Urechis lives." [details]Unreviewed
Habitat coastal [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | 'penis fish' or 'penis worm'innkeeper worm | [details] |
| German | Kalifornischer Igelwurm | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Urechis caupo)
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 64 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (13 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echiura Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Urechis caupo)
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 64 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (13 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echiura Collection
To ITIS
