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Priapulus caudatus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Priapulida |
| Class: | Priapulimorpha |
| Order: | Priapulimorphida |
| Family: | Priapulidae |
| Genus: | Priapulus |
| Species: | P. caudatus
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| Priapulus caudatus | |
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Priapulus caudatus known as the cactus worm, is a marine invertebrate belonging to the phylum Priapulida.[2][3][4] It is a cylindrical, unsegmented worm which burrows in soft sediment on the seabed. It has a circumpolar distribution.
- ^ van der Land, Jacob (2018). "Priapulus caudatus Lamarck, 1816". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ^ Martín-Durán, José M. & Hejnol, Andreas (2015). "The study of Priapulus caudatus reveals conserved molecular patterning underlying different gut morphogenesis in the Ecdysozoa". BMC Biology. 13: 29. doi:10.1186/s12915-015-0139-z. PMC 4434581. PMID 25895830.
- ^ Burgess, Dany. "The cactus worm is on point and looking sharp". Department of Ecology State of Washington.
- ^ "Priapulus caudatus Lamarck, 1816 Cactus worm". SeaLifeBase. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
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