Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Priapulida > Order Priapulomorpha > Family Priapulidae > Genus Priapulus

Priapulus caudatus Lamarck, 1816

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Priapulus*	Lamarck, 1816	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: frynsehalet pølseorm sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: cactus worm; Priapulid worm; tailed priapulid worm sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);Volvenko, I. V.; Orlov, A. M.; Gebruk, A. V.; Katugin, O. N.; Ogorodnikova, A. A.; Vinogradov, G. M.; Maznikova, O. A. (2019). Checklist of the trawl macrofauna from the North Pacific and adjacent seas with information about fishery importance, potential product yield, and price range, supplement to: Volvenko, Igor V; Orlov, Alexei M; Gebruk, Andrey V; Katugin, Oleg N; Ogorodnikova, Alla A; Vinogradov, Georgy M; Maznikova, Olga A (in prep.): Trawl macrofauna of the Far-Eastern Seas and North Pacific: proportion of commercial species, potential product yield, and price rang. Earth System Science Data. PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science.;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Geschwänzter Keulenwurm sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Japanese: エラヒキムシ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Norwegian Bokmål: frynsepølseorm sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: frynsepølseorm sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: Приапулюс хвостатый

Literature

original description	Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière.
basis of record	Neuhaus, B.; van der Land, J. (2001). Cephalorhyncha (=Loricifera, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Nematomorpha), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 159-160
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
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]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Wesenberg-Lund, E. (1933). The collections of gephyreans in the Royal Museum of Natural History of Belgium. Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. 9(6): 1–16.
additional source	Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

Genbank

Citation

Paulay, G. (2025). World List of Priapulida. Priapulus caudatus Lamarck, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101160