Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Order Sipuncula > Family Sipunculidae > Genus Sipunculus > Subgenus Sipunculus (Sipunculus)

Sipunculus (Sipunculus) nudus Linnaeus, 1766

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sipunculus*	Linnaeus, 1766	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Sipunculus nudus*	Linnaeus, 1766	synonym; alternate representation

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Sipuncula, 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. 178-179
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
additional source	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
additional source	Rice, M. E. (2009). Sipuncula of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 803–807 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Cutler, E.B. (2009). Phylum Sipuncula: peanut worms, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 302-307.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Saiz-Salinas, J. (2025). World Sipuncula Database. Sipunculus (Sipunculus) nudus Linnaeus, 1766. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136084