UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Echiurus Gu�rin-M�neville, 1831

URMO taxon details

Echiurus Gu�rin-M�neville, 1831

Echiurus echiurus, echiuran worm, from cod stomach

AphiaID

110358 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:110358)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Echiuridae Quatrefages, 1847
Echiurinae Quatrefages, 1847

Parent

Echiuridae Quatrefages, 1847

Original name

Echiurus Gu�rin-M�neville, 1831

Direct children (6)

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Species Echiurus abyssalis Skorikow, 1906
Species Echiurus antarcticus Spengel, 1912
Species Echiurus echiurus (Pallas, 1766)
Species Echiurus sitchaensis Brandt, 1835
Species Echiurus chrysacanthophorus (Couthouy, 1838) accepted as Echiurus echiurus (Pallas, 1766) (junior subjective synonym)
Species Echiurus torulobotus Salvini-Plawen, 1972 accepted as Echiurus antarcticus Spengel, 1912 (junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Gu�rin-M�neville, F.E. (1831). Zoophytes. In: Iconographie du r�gne animal de G. Cuvier : ou, Repr�sentation d'apr�s nature de l'une des esp�ces les plus et souvent non encore figur�es de chaque genre d'animaux. [Book, 3 volumes]. volume 2 & 3. B. Bailli�re (1829-1844)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27814151
page(s): plate 6, figure 3 of the Zoophytes; note: as Echiurus pallasii (L. Echiurus Gm Pallas) [details]

Taxonomic citation

URMO (2025). Echiurus Gu?rin-M?neville, 1831. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=110358 on 2025-09-11

Thematic species database citation

Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Echiurus Gu�rin-M�neville, 1831. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=110358 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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van der Land, Jacob

2008-08-08 08:28:57Z

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Murina, Galina Vansetti

2017-07-25 02:33:01Z

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Tanaka, Masaatsu

2017-10-05 14:05:37Z

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Tanaka, Masaatsu

2017-12-14 11:02:15Z

changed

Tanaka, Masaatsu

2022-03-21 01:53:18Z

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Read, Geoffrey

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original description Gu�rin-M�neville, F.E. (1831). Zoophytes. In: Iconographie du r�gne animal de G. Cuvier : ou, Repr�sentation d'apr�s nature de l'une des esp�ces les plus et souvent non encore figur�es de chaque genre d'animaux. [Book, 3 volumes]. volume 2 & 3. B. Bailli�re (1829-1844)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27814151
page(s): plate 6, figure 3 of the Zoophytes; note: as Echiurus pallasii (L. Echiurus Gm Pallas) [details]

taxonomy source Spengel, Johann Wilhelm. (1912). Beitr�ge zur Kenntniss der Gephyreen, IV. Revision der Gattung Echiurus. Zoologische Jahrb�cher. Abteilung f�r Systematik, Okologie und Geographie der Tiere. 33: 173-212, 1 pl (pl.7 follows p.378)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9965046 [details]

additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source van der Land, J. (2001). Echiura, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 178 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Murina, Vantsetti. List of Echiura. [details]

additional source Sat�, H. (1939). Studies on the Echiuroidea, Sipunculoidea and Priapuloidea of Japan. Science Reports of the T�hoku Imperial University, Fourth Series, Biology. 14 (4): 339�460, plates XIX�XXIII. [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors