HKRMS taxon details
Echiuridae Quatrefages, 1847
110349 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:110349)
accepted
Family
Echiurus Guérin-Méneville, 1831 (type by original designation)
Echiurinae Quatrefages, 1847 · alternative representation (superseded subfamily-level rank,...)
superseded subfamily-level rank, '-inae' spelling
- Genus Echiurus Guérin-Méneville, 1831
- Subfamily Echiurinae Quatrefages, 1847 represented as Echiuridae Quatrefages, 1847 (superseded subfamily-level rank, '-inae' spelling)
- Subfamily Thalassematinae Forbes & Goodsir, 1841 represented as Thalassematidae Forbes & Goodsir, 1841 (superseded subfamily-level rank, '-inae' spelling)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Quatrefages, Armand de. (1847). Etudes sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des Annelés. Mémoire sur l'Echiure de Gaertner (Echiurus gaertnerii Nob.). <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris, 3rd Series, Zoologie.</em> 7: 307-343, plate 6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13406375
page(s): 340.; note: first use of Echiurus within a family name form evidently derived from it and resembling Echiuridae [details]
page(s): 340.; note: first use of Echiurus within a family name form evidently derived from it and resembling Echiuridae [details]
HKRMS (2025). Echiuridae Quatrefages, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=110349 on 2025-05-12
Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Echiuridae Quatrefages, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=110349 on 2025-05-12
Date
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original description
Quatrefages, Armand de. (1847). Etudes sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des Annelés. Mémoire sur l'Echiure de Gaertner (Echiurus gaertnerii Nob.). <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris, 3rd Series, Zoologie.</em> 7: 307-343, plate 6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13406375
page(s): 340.; note: first use of Echiurus within a family name form evidently derived from it and resembling Echiuridae [details]
original description (of Echiurinae Quatrefages, 1847) Quatrefages, Armand de. (1847). Etudes sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des Annelés. Mémoire sur l'Echiure de Gaertner (Echiurus gaertnerii Nob.). <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris, 3rd Series, Zoologie.</em> 7: 307-343, plate 6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13406375
page(s): 340. [details]
taxonomy source Biseswar, Ramlall. (2019). The echiuran fauna of southern Africa (Class: Echiura, Phylum: Annelida). <em>African Zoology.</em> 54(2): 73–90., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/15627020.2019.1600429
note: all taxa reported from southern Africa are in Echiuridae [details] Available for editors
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source van der Land, J. (2001). Echiura, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 178 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fisher, W. K. (1946). Echiuroid worms of the North Pacific Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 96: 215–292, plates 20–37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7311441 [details]
page(s): 340.; note: first use of Echiurus within a family name form evidently derived from it and resembling Echiuridae [details]
original description (of Echiurinae Quatrefages, 1847) Quatrefages, Armand de. (1847). Etudes sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des Annelés. Mémoire sur l'Echiure de Gaertner (Echiurus gaertnerii Nob.). <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris, 3rd Series, Zoologie.</em> 7: 307-343, plate 6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13406375
page(s): 340. [details]
taxonomy source Biseswar, Ramlall. (2019). The echiuran fauna of southern Africa (Class: Echiura, Phylum: Annelida). <em>African Zoology.</em> 54(2): 73–90., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/15627020.2019.1600429
note: all taxa reported from southern Africa are in Echiuridae [details] Available for editors
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source van der Land, J. (2001). Echiura, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 178 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fisher, W. K. (1946). Echiuroid worms of the North Pacific Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 96: 215–292, plates 20–37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7311441 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
