Priapulidae is the canonical family of priapulid worms, comprising Priapulus and Priapulosis as well as the Carboniferous genus Priapulites.
Systematics
Classification and maximum trunk length:
- Family Priapulidae
- Genus Acanthopriapulus
- Species A. horridus (24.5 mm)
- Genus Priapulopsis
- Species P. australis (50 mm)
- Species P. bicaudatus (100 mm)
- Species P. cnidephorus (only known from a postlarval specimen)
- Genus Priapulus
- Species P. abyssorum (30 mm)
- Species P. caudatus (200 mm)
- Species P. tuberculatospinosus (200 mm)
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