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Sipuncula

  • Class Sipunculidea
    • Order Sipunculiformes
      • Family Sipunculidae
    • Order Golfingiiformes
      • Family Golfingiidae
      • Family Phascolionidae
      • Family Themistidae
  • Class Phascolosomatidea
    • Order Phascolosomatiformes
      • Family Phascolosomatidae
    • Order Aspidosiphoniformes
      • Family Aspidosiphonidae

The Sipuncula, sipunculid worms or peanut worms, are a phylum containing 144 species of marine worms, with a tentacle-surrounded mouth on a completely invertible head end. Some of the larval characteristics are similar to the mollusks.

Sipunculid worm jelly (土笋冻) is a delicacy in the town of Xiamen in Fujian province of China.

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Sipuncula taxa with synonyms

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