WoRMS taxon details
Priapulus caudatus Lamarck, 1816
101160 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101160)
accepted
Species
Priapulus brevicaudatus Ehlers, 1861 · unaccepted
Priapulus glandifer Ehlers, 1861 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Priapulus hibernicus McCoy, 1845 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Priapulus intermedius Lenz, 1878 · unaccepted
Priapulus multidentatus Möbius, 1873 · unaccepted
Priapulus profundus Sanders & Hessler, 1962 · unaccepted (tentative subjective synonym)
- Variety Priapulus caudatus var. antarcticus Michaelsen, 1889 accepted as Priapulus tuberculatospinosus Baird, 1868 (subjective synonym)
marine
Not documented
Distribution circum-arctic
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern...
Distribution circum-arctic [details]
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern...
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway), downstream part of the St. Lawrence estuary, lower St. Lawrence estuary; Cobscook Bay [details]
Paulay, G. (2024). World List of Priapulida. Priapulus caudatus Lamarck, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101160 on 2024-11-10
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original description
(of Priapulus hibernicus McCoy, 1845) McCoy, F. (1845). XL.—Contributions to the fauna of Ireland. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 15(98): 270-274. [details] 
original description (of Priapulus brevicaudatus Ehlers, 1861) Ehlers, E. H. (1861). Ueber die gattung Priapulus (Lam.): Ein beitrag zur kenntniss der gephyreen. Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann. [details]
original description (of Priapulus glandifer Ehlers, 1861) Ehlers, E. H. (1861). Ueber die gattung Priapulus (Lam.): Ein beitrag zur kenntniss der gephyreen. Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann. [details]
original description (of Priapulus intermedius Lenz, 1878) Lenz, H. (1878). Resultate der im Auftrage der Freien- und Hansa-Stadt Lübeck angestellten Schleppnetzuntersuchungen - unter Mitwirkung von C. Arnold und Dr. C. M. Wiechmann-Kadow. <em>Jahresbericht der Commission zur Wissenschaftliche Untersuchung der deutschen Meere in Kiel für die Jahre 1874. 1875. 1876. Anhang.</em> 3(4-6): 1-24, Taf 21-22. [details]
original description (of Priapulus profundus Sanders & Hessler, 1962) Sanders, H. L.; Hessler, R. R. (1962). Priapulus atlantisi and Priapulus profundus. Two new species of Priapulids from bathyal and abyssal depths of the North Atlantic. <em>Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts.</em> 9: 125-130., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/0011-7471(62)90004-9 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Priapulus multidentatus Möbius, 1873) Möbius, K. (1873). Die faunistischen Untersuchungen. A. Die wirbellosen Thiere der Ostsee. <em>In: Die Exp. zur physikalisch-chem. und biol. Untersuchung der Ostsee im Sommer 1870 S.M. Avisodampfer Pommerania nebst physikalischen Beob. an den Stat. der preus. Ostseeküste. Jahresberichte der Commission zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung der Deutschen Meere.</em> 1: 87-144.
page(s): 106 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Neuhaus, B.; van der Land, J. (2001). Cephalorhyncha (=Loricifera, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Nematomorpha), <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. 159-160 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Wesenberg-Lund, E. (1933). The collections of gephyreans in the Royal Museum of Natural History of Belgium. <em>Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique.</em> 9(6): 1–16., available online at http://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-natural-history-museum/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-natural-history-museum-1930-1948/wesenberg-lund_collections_1933 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
original description (of Priapulus brevicaudatus Ehlers, 1861) Ehlers, E. H. (1861). Ueber die gattung Priapulus (Lam.): Ein beitrag zur kenntniss der gephyreen. Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann. [details]
original description (of Priapulus glandifer Ehlers, 1861) Ehlers, E. H. (1861). Ueber die gattung Priapulus (Lam.): Ein beitrag zur kenntniss der gephyreen. Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann. [details]
original description (of Priapulus intermedius Lenz, 1878) Lenz, H. (1878). Resultate der im Auftrage der Freien- und Hansa-Stadt Lübeck angestellten Schleppnetzuntersuchungen - unter Mitwirkung von C. Arnold und Dr. C. M. Wiechmann-Kadow. <em>Jahresbericht der Commission zur Wissenschaftliche Untersuchung der deutschen Meere in Kiel für die Jahre 1874. 1875. 1876. Anhang.</em> 3(4-6): 1-24, Taf 21-22. [details]
original description (of Priapulus profundus Sanders & Hessler, 1962) Sanders, H. L.; Hessler, R. R. (1962). Priapulus atlantisi and Priapulus profundus. Two new species of Priapulids from bathyal and abyssal depths of the North Atlantic. <em>Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts.</em> 9: 125-130., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/0011-7471(62)90004-9 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Priapulus multidentatus Möbius, 1873) Möbius, K. (1873). Die faunistischen Untersuchungen. A. Die wirbellosen Thiere der Ostsee. <em>In: Die Exp. zur physikalisch-chem. und biol. Untersuchung der Ostsee im Sommer 1870 S.M. Avisodampfer Pommerania nebst physikalischen Beob. an den Stat. der preus. Ostseeküste. Jahresberichte der Commission zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung der Deutschen Meere.</em> 1: 87-144.
page(s): 106 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Neuhaus, B.; van der Land, J. (2001). Cephalorhyncha (=Loricifera, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Nematomorpha), <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. 159-160 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Wesenberg-Lund, E. (1933). The collections of gephyreans in the Royal Museum of Natural History of Belgium. <em>Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique.</em> 9(6): 1–16., available online at http://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-natural-history-museum/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-natural-history-museum-1930-1948/wesenberg-lund_collections_1933 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution circum-arctic [details]Unreviewed
Diet feeds on other marine worms [details]Dimensions upto 150 mm [details]
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway), downstream part of the St. Lawrence estuary, lower St. Lawrence estuary; Cobscook Bay [details]
Habitat coastal to deep sea [details]
Habitat intertidal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Morphology colour is generally brownish with a distinct metallic iridescence [details]
Morphology white for recently molted [details]
Reproduction sexes are separate but not differentiated externally. and there is normally only one ovary or testis; eggs and sperm are released into the water where fertilization occurs. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | frynsehalet pølseorm | [details] |
| English | tailed priapulid wormPriapulid wormcactus worm | [details] |
| German | Geschwänzter Keulenwurm | [details] |
| Japanese | エラヒキムシ | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | frynsepølseorm | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | frynsepølseorm | [details] |
| Russian | Приапулюс хвостатый | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (100 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (187 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Priapulus caudatus)
To GenBank (216984 nucleotides; 21066 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Macrozoobenthos communities of Svalbard
To NMNH Extant Collection (Priapulus caudatus)
To PESI
To The Arctic Traits Database (3 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Priapulida Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (187 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Priapulus caudatus)
To GenBank (216984 nucleotides; 21066 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Macrozoobenthos communities of Svalbard
To NMNH Extant Collection (Priapulus caudatus)
To PESI
To The Arctic Traits Database (3 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Priapulida Collection
To ITIS
