Urechidae

Biseswar, Ramlall, 2009, The geographic distribution of echiurans in the Atlantic Ocean (Phylum Echiura), Zootaxa 2222, pp. 17-30 : 22

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.190138
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6225240
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F5EF62-1436-FFF5-FF28-FCC9FA8ABD11
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Urechidae
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Family Urechidae

Description. One row of posterior setae. Proboscis very much reduced. Distal part of mid-gut greatly enlarged and acts as a respiratory chamber. No sexual dimorphism.

Zoogeographical composition of the species in the Echiuridae and Urechidae is given in Table 2. Localities in the Atlantic where the different species have been collected are indicated in Maps 4–5.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Echiura
Class	Polychaeta
SubClass	Echiura
Order	Echiuroidea
Family	Urechidae

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