Sipunculus

Translingual

Fossilized Siphunculus scaber in Morton (1712)

Etymology

From Latin sīpunculus, a variant form of sīphunculus (“little pipe”).

Proper noun

Sipunculus m

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Golfingiidae – peanut worms, many now placed in genera Golfingia, Phascolion, Nephasoma, Phascolosoma, Siphonosoma, Aspidosiphon, Themiste, and Antillesoma.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Sipunculus (Austrosiphon), Sipunculus (Sipunculus) – subgenera
  • Sipunculus (Austrosiphon) indicus, Sipunculus (Austrosiphon) mundanus, Sipunculus (Sipunculus) angasoides, Sipunculus (Sipunculus) gulfus, Sipunculus (Sipunculus) lomonossovi, Sipunculus (Sipunculus) longipapillosus, Sipunculus (Sipunculus) marcusi, Sipunculus (Sipunculus) norvegicus, Sipunculus (Sipunculus) nudus, Sipunculus (Sipunculus) phalloides, Sipunculus (Sipunculus) polymyotus, Sipunculus (Sipunculus) robustus, Sipunculus (Sipunculus) thailandicus – accepted species

Derived terms

• Sipuncula

References

• Sipunculus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sipunculus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Sipunculus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Sipunculus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Sipunculus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Sipunculus at World Register of Marine Species