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Acanthopriapulus

Priapulidae

Taxonomy
Acanthopriapulus was named by van der Land (1970). It is extant.

It was assigned to Priapulidae by Wills et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Acanthopriapulus van der Land
2012Acanthopriapulus Wills et al. p. 2072

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
RankNameAuthor
CycloneuraliaAhlrichs 1995
Scaldiphora
phylumPriapulidaThéel 1906
familyPriapulidaeGosse 1855
genusAcanthopriapulusvan der Land 1970

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Acanthopriapulus van der Land 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partsp
Locomotion: facultatively mobilep
Life habit: shallow infaunalp
Diet: carnivorep
Vision: blindp
Created: 2009-10-08 23:14:00
Modified: 2010-02-15 06:03:57
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available