North Sea Benthos Project (NSBP)

WoRMS name details

Echiurinae Quatrefages, 1847

AphiaID

366285 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:366285)

Classification

Status

alternative representation (superseded subfamily-level rank, '-inae' spelling)

Accepted Name

Echiuridae Quatrefages, 1847

Rank

Subfamily

Typetaxon

Echiurus Guérin-Méneville, 1831 (type by original designation)

Parent

Echiuridae Quatrefages, 1847

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

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. [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Echiurinae Quatrefages, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=366285 on 2025-03-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-08-08 08:28:57Z

created

Murina, Galina Vansetti

2017-12-14 11:02:15Z

changed

Tanaka, Masaatsu

Licensing

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Sources (2)

Nomenclature

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. [details]

Other

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

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