Phylum of unsegmented coelomate marine spoon worms, with soft plump bodies, which live in U-shaped burrows or in rock crevices down to abyssal depths. They have an extensible but not eversible proboscis with a ciliated groove for collecting food.

Source: Howson and Ball, 1997.

The following taxa of this phylum occur in the region:

Order Bonelliida
Order Echiurida
Family Bonelliidae
Family Echiuridae
Genus Bonellia
Genus Echiurus
Genus Maxmuelleria
Bonellia viridis
Echiurus echiurus
Maxmuelleria lankesteri

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echiura

Sorry, there are no scientific synonyms and common names available for this taxon

Howson, C.M. & B.J. Ball, 1997. Echiura. In: The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas (Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton, eds). Ulster Museum and The Marine Conservation Society, Belfast and Ross-on-Wye.

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