Themiste is a genus of peanut worms. It is the only genus in the family Themistidae.
Members of this family are filter feeders, and have their feeding tentacles arranged in an elaborate crown-like structure. This is in contrast to other sipunculans which are deposit feeders.
Species
The genus contains the following species:
- Themiste alutacea <small>(Grube & ÃÂrsted, 1858)</small>
- Themiste blanda <small>(Selenka and de Man, 1883)</small>
- Themiste cymodoceae <small>(Edmonds, 1956)</small>
- Themiste dehamata <small>(Kesteven, 1903)</small>
- Themiste dyscrita <small>(Fisher, 1952)</small>
- Themiste hennahi <small>(Gray, 1828)</small>
- Themiste lageniformis <small>(Baird, 1868)</small>
- Themiste minor <small>(Ikeda, 1904)</small>
- Themiste pyroides <small>(Chamberlain, 1920)</small>
- Themiste variospinosa <small>(Edmonds, 1980)</small>
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