Editing Priapulida

{{Short description|Phylum of unsegmented marine worms}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{geological range|earliest=Lower Cambrian|Late Pennsylvanian|Recent|ref=<ref name=Budd2000 />|PS=([[Stem-group]] from Cambrian)}}
| image = Priapulus caudatus.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Priapulus caudatus]]''
| display_parents = 7
| taxon = Priapulida
| authority = Théel, 1906<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Théel|first1=Hjalmar|title=Northern and Arctic Invertebrates in the Collection of the Swedish State Museum (Riksmuseum). II. Priapulids, Echiurids etc.|journal=Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar|volume=40|issue=4|pages=8–13|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37205953|date=1905–1906}}</ref>
| subdivision_ranks = Orders
| subdivision = *[[Priapulimorpha]]
*[[Halicryptomorpha]]
{{small|Stem group order}}
*[[Ottoimorpha]]
{{small|also see text}}
}}

'''Priapulida''' ('''priapulid worms''', from Gr. πριάπος, ''priāpos'' '[[Priapus]]' + Lat. ''-ul-'', diminutive), sometimes referred to as '''penis worms''', is a [[Phylum (biology)|phylum]] of unsegmented marine [[worm]]s. The name of the phylum relates to the Greek god of fertility, because their general shape and their extensible spiny introvert (eversible) [[proboscis]] may resemble the shape of a human [[penis]]. They live in the mud, except for a few tropical meiobenthic species which live in medium- to coarse-grained sands, and in comparatively shallow waters up to {{convert|90|m|ft|0}} deep and no warmer than 12–13°C.<ref name=EB1911/><ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pala.12721 Priapulid neoichnology, ecosystem engineering, and the Ediacaran–Cambrian transition]</ref> Some species show a remarkable tolerance for [[hydrogen sulfide]], [[anoxic waters|anoxia]] and low [[salinity]].<ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1007/BF00017494| title = Histological studies on Halicryptus spinulosus (Priapulida) with regard to environmental hydrogen sulfide resistance| journal = Hydrobiologia| volume = 222| pages = 1–12| date = September 1991| last1 = Oeschger | first1 = R. | last2 = Janssen | first2 = H. H. | issue = 1| bibcode = 1991HyBio.222....1O| s2cid = 31342308}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kolbasova |first1=Glafira |last2=Schmidt-Rhaesa |first2=Andreas |last3=Syomin |first3=Vitaly |last4=Bredikhin |first4=Danila |last5=Morozov |first5=Taras |last6=Neretina |first6=Tatiana |date=January 2023 |title=Cryptic species complex or an incomplete speciation? Phylogeographic analysis reveals an intricate Pleistocene history of Priapulus caudatus Lamarck, 1816 |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0044523122001164 |journal=Zoologischer Anzeiger |language=en |volume=302 |pages=113–130 |doi=10.1016/j.jcz.2022.11.013|bibcode=2023ZooAn.302..113K }}</ref> ''Halicryptus spinulosus'' appears to prefer brackish shallow waters.<ref>[https://www.zin.ru/journals/zsr/content/1996/zr_1996_5_1_Adrianov.pdf The phylogeny, classification and zoogeography of the class Priapulida. II. Revision of the family Priapulidae and zoogeography of priapulids]</ref> They can be quite abundant in some areas. In an Alaskan bay as many as 85 adult individuals of ''[[Priapulus caudatus]]'' per square meter has been recorded, while the density of its larvae can be as high as 58,000 per square meter (5,390 per square foot).<ref>{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9IWaqAOGyt4C&dq=85+adults+per+square+meter&pg=PA286| title = Kingdoms and Domains: An Illustrated Guide to the Phyla of Life on Earth| isbn = 978-0-08-092014-6| last1 = Margulis| first1 = Lynn| author1-link = Lynn Margulis | last2 = Chapman| first2 = Michael J.| date = 19 March 2009| publisher = Academic Press}}</ref>

Together with [[Echiura]] and [[Sipuncula]], they were once placed in the taxon [[Gephyrea]], but consistent morphological and molecular evidence supports their belonging to [[Ecdysozoa]], which also includes [[arthropod]]s and [[nematode]]s. Fossil findings show that the mouth design of the [[Stem-group|stem]]-arthropod ''[[Pambdelurion]]'' is identical with that of priapulids, indicating that their mouth is an original trait inherited from the last common ancestor of both priapulids and arthropods, even if modern arthropods no longer possess it.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://phys.org/news/2016-09-ancestor-arthropods-mouth-penis-worm.html| title = Ancestor of arthropods had the mouth of a penis worm}}</ref> Among Ecdysozoa, their nearest relatives are [[Kinorhyncha]] and [[Loricifera]], with which they constitute the [[Scalidophora]] clade named after the spines covering the introvert ([[scalids]]).<ref>{{cite journal
|author1=Dunn, C. W. |author2=Hejnol, A. |author3=Matus, D. Q. |author4=Pang, K. |author5=Browne, W. E. |author6=Smith, S. A. |author7=Seaver, E. |author8=Rouse, G. W. |author9=Obst, M. | title = Broad Phylogenomic Sampling Improves Resolution of the Animal Tree of Life | journal = Nature | date = 10 April 2008 | volume = 452 | issue = 7188 | pages = 745–749 | doi = 10.1038/nature06614 | pmid = 18322464 | bibcode = 2008Natur.452..745D |s2cid=4397099 }}</ref> They feed on slow-moving invertebrates, such as [[polychaete]] worms.

Some analyses suggest that Priapulida may represent a basal lineage within Ecdysozoa, leading to their classification as "living fossils".<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Webster |first1=Bonnie L. |last2=Copley |first2=Richard R. |last3=Jenner |first3=Ronald A. |last4=Mackenzie-Dodds |first4=Jacqueline A. |last5=Bourlat |first5=Sarah J. |last6=Rota-Stabelli |first6=Omar |last7=Littlewood |first7=D. T. J. |last8=Telford |first8=Maximilian J. |title=Mitogenomics and phylogenomics reveal priapulid worms as extant models of the ancestral Ecdysozoan |journal=Evolution & Development |date=November 2006 |volume=8 |issue=6 |pages=502–510 |doi=10.1111/j.1525-142x.2006.00123.x }}</ref> Priapulid-like fossils are known at least as far back as the Middle [[Cambrian]]. They were likely major predators of the Cambrian period. However, crown-group priapulids cannot be recognized until the Carboniferous.<ref name=Budd2000>{{cite journal |last1=Budd |first1=G. E. |last2=Jensen |first2=S. |date=May 2000 |title=A critical reappraisal of the fossil record of the bilaterian phyla |volume=75 |issue=2 |pages=253–95 |journal=Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society |doi=10.1111/j.1469-185X.1999.tb00046.x |pmid=10881389|s2cid=39772232 }}</ref> 22 extant species of priapulid worms are known, half of them being of [[Meiobenthos|meiobenthic]] size.<ref>{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=an9ncYOxkUoC&dq=priapulida+%2220+species%22&pg=PA158| title = Meiobenthology: The Microscopic Motile Fauna of Aquatic Sediments| isbn = 978-3-540-68661-3| last1 = Giere| first1 = Olav| date = November 2008| publisher = Springer}}</ref>

== Anatomy ==
Priapulids are cylindrical worm-like animals, ranging from 0.2 to 0.3<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MKUab3WegL0C&q=Tubiluchus+mm&pg=PA29 |title=Multicellular Animals: Order in Nature – System Made by Man|isbn=978-3-540-00146-1|last1=Ax|first1=Peter|date=2003-04-08|publisher=Springer }}</ref> to 39 centimetres<ref>{{cite journal|jstor=3227009|title= Halicryptus higginsi n.sp. (Priapulida): A Giant New Species from Barrow, Alaska |journal= Invertebrate Biology | volume=118 |issue= 4 | pages=404–413|last1= Shirley |first1= Thomas C. |last2= Storch |first2= Volker |year= 1999 |doi= 10.2307/3227009 |bibcode= 1999InvBi.118..404S }}</ref> (0.08–0.12 to 15.35 in) long, with a median anterior mouth quite devoid of any armature or tentacles. They show both radial and bilateral symmetry. The gonads, [[Nephridium#Protonephridia|protonephridia]] and ventral nerve cord are bilateral, while the introvert, pharynx and brain show radial symmetry, and appears to be a secondary trait.<ref>[https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:172290/FULLTEXT01.pdf Aspects of priapulid development]</ref><ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/1097-4687%28200102%29247%3A2%3C99%3A%3AAID-JMOR1005%3E3.0.CO%3B2-0 Symmetry of priapulids (Priapulida). 1. Symmetry of adults]</ref> Also the larvae show inernal and external characteristics of radial symmetry.<ref>[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11223922/ Symmetry of priapulids (Priapulida). 2. Symmetry of larvae]</ref> The adult body is divided into a main trunk or abdomen and a somewhat swollen proboscis region ornamented with longitudinal ridges. In addition it is ringed and often has circles of spines, which are continued into the slightly protrusible pharynx.<ref name=EB1911/> Family Priapulidae have species with a tail or a pair of caudal appendages. A slender tail or tail filament is also found in family Tubiluchidae. Appendages are absent in the remaining families.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Schmidt-Rhaesa |first1=Andreas |last2=Rothe |first2=Birgen H. |last3=Martínez |first3=Alejandro García |date=November 2013 |title=Tubiluchus lemburgi, a new species of meiobenthic Priapulida |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S004452311300051X |journal=Zoologischer Anzeiger - A Journal of Comparative Zoology |language=en |volume=253 |issue=2 |pages=158–163 |doi=10.1016/j.jcz.2013.08.004|bibcode=2013ZooAn.253..158S |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Margulis |first1=Lynn |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9IWaqAOGyt4C&dq=Priapulus+Meiopriapulus+Halicryptus+Maccabeus+tails&pg=PA286 |title=Kingdoms and Domains: An Illustrated Guide to the Phyla of Life on Earth |last2=Chapman |first2=Michael J. |date=2009-03-19 |publisher=Academic Press |isbn=978-0-08-092014-6 |language=en}}</ref> The body has a [[chitin]]ous cuticle that is moulted as the animal grows.<ref name=IZ>{{cite book | author = Barnes, R. D. | year = 1982 | title = Invertebrate Zoology | publisher = Holt-Saunders International | location = Philadelphia, PA | pages = 873–877 | isbn = 978-0-03-056747-6 }}</ref> Members of the family Chaetostephanidae also secretes a gelatinous tube, open in both ends, which they live in.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Schmidt-Rhaesa |first=Andreas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NBP4bvxp1loC&q=Maccabeus%2520gelatinous%2520tube&pg=PA173 |title=Handbook of Zoology |date=2012-12-21 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-027253-6 |volume=11 |language=en}}</ref>

There is a wide body-cavity, which has no connection with the renal or reproductive organs, so it is not a [[coelom]]; it is probably a blood-space or [[hemocoel]].<ref name=EB1911/> There are no [[Circulatory system|vascular]] or [[Respiratory system|respiratory]] systems, but the body cavity does contain [[phagocytosis|phagocytic]] amoebocytes and cells containing the [[respiratory pigment]] [[haemerythrin]].<ref name=IZ />

The [[alimentary canal]] is straight, consisting of an eversible [[pharynx]], an intestine, and a short rectum. The pharynx is muscular and lined by teeth.<ref name=IZ /> Three of the five extant families have gone through a significant miniaturization and become detritivores (Tubiluchidae and Meiopriapulidae) and filter feeders (Chaetostephanidae). The two remaining families Priapulidae and Halicryptidae are larger carnivores that feed on other animals, although some species also consume detritus as larvae. The shape of the teeth reflect these different lifestyles, and seem to be adapted mainly towards grasping prey or raking detritus from the sediment into the mouth.<ref name="Wernström">{{Cite journal |last1=Wernström |first1=Joel Vikberg |last2=Slater |first2=Ben J. |last3=Sørensen |first3=Martin V. |last4=Crampton |first4=Denise |last5=Altenburger |first5=Andreas |date=2023-08-12 |title=Geometric morphometrics of macro- and meiofaunal priapulid pharyngeal teeth provides a proxy for studying Cambrian "tooth taxa" |journal=Zoomorphology |volume=142 |issue=4 |pages=411–421 |language=en |doi=10.1007/s00435-023-00617-4 |issn=1432-234X|doi-access=free |hdl=10037/30213 |hdl-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Higgins |first1=Robert P. |last2=Storch |first2=Volker |date=1991 |title=Evidence for Direct Development in Meiopriapulus fijiensis (Priapulida) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3226738 |journal=Transactions of the American Microscopical Society |volume=110 |issue=1 |pages=37–46 |doi=10.2307/3226738 |jstor=3226738 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> The anus is terminal, although in ''Priapulus'' one or two hollow ventral diverticula of the body-wall stretch out behind it.<ref name=EB1911/>

The [[nervous system]] consists of a nerve ring around the pharynx and a prominent cord running the length of the body with [[ganglion|ganglia]] and longitudinal and transversal neurites consistent with an orthogonal organisation.<ref name=Rothe2010>{{Cite journal | last1 = Rothe | first1 = B. H. | last2 = Schmidt-Rhaesa | first2 = A. | doi = 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2010.00185.x | title = Structure of the nervous system in ''Tubiluchus troglodytes'' (Priapulida) | journal = Invertebrate Biology | volume = 129 | pages = 39–58 | date = Winter 2010 | issue = 1 | bibcode = 2010InvBi.129...39R }}</ref> The nervous system retains a [[basiepidermal]] configuration with a connection with the [[ectoderm]], forming part of the body wall. There are no specialized [[sense]] [[organ (anatomy)|organs]], but there are sensory nerve endings in the body, especially on the proboscis.<ref name=IZ />

The priapulids are [[gonochoristic]], having two separate sexes (i.e. male and female).<ref name=pech>{{cite book | last = Pechenik | first = J. A. | title = Biology of the Invertebrates | edition = 6th | year = 2009 | publisher = McGraw-Hill | location = New York | isbn = 978-0-07-302826-2 | page = 454 }}</ref> Their male and female organs are closely associated with the excretory [[protonephridium|protonephridia]]. They comprise a pair of branching tufts, each of which opens to the exterior on one side of the anus. The tips of these tufts enclose a flame-cell like those found in [[flatworm]]s and other animals, and these probably function as excretory organs. As the animals mature, diverticula arise on the tubes of these organs, which develop either spermatozoa or ova. These sex cells pass out through the ducts.<ref name=EB1911>{{EB1911|last=Shipley|first=Arthur Everett|author-link=Arthur Shipley|wstitle=Priapuloidea|volume=22|page=313|inline=1}}</ref> The perigenital area of the genus Tubiluchus exhibit sexual dimorphism.<ref>{{cite journal| title = A new meiobenthic priapulid (Priapulida, Tubiluchidae) from a Mediterranean submarine cave| year = 2003| doi = 10.1080/11250000309356499| last1 = Todaro| first1 = M. Antonio| last2 = Shirley| first2 = Thomas C.| journal = Italian Journal of Zoology| volume = 70| pages = 79–87| s2cid = 84539380| doi-access = free| hdl = 11380/303453| hdl-access = free}}</ref>

=== Reproduction and development ===
For the species ''Priapulus caudatus'', the 80&nbsp;μm egg undergoes a total and radial cleavage following a symmetrical and subequal pattern.<ref name=Wennberg2008>{{Cite journal | last1 = Wennberg | first1 = S. A. | last2 = Janssen | first2 = R. | last3 = Budd | first3 = G. E. | doi = 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2008.00241.x | title = Early embryonic development of the priapulid worm ''Priapulus caudatus'' | journal = Evolution & Development | volume = 10 | issue = 3 | pages = 326–338 | date = May–June 2008 | pmid = 18460094| s2cid = 11175247 | url = http://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:172287/FULLTEXT01 }}</ref> Development is remarkably slow, with the first cleavage taking place 15 hours after fertilization, gastrulation after several days and hatching of the first 'lorica' larvae after 15 to 20 days.<ref name="Janssen-2009">{{Cite journal | last1 = Janssen | first1 = R. | last2 = Wennberg | first2 = S. A. | last3 = Budd | first3 = G. E. | title = The hatching larva of the priapulid worm ''Halicryptus spinulosus'' | doi = 10.1186/1742-9994-6-8 | journal = Frontiers in Zoology | volume = 6 | page = 8 | date = 26 May 2009 | pmid = 19470151| pmc = 2693540 | doi-access = free }}</ref> The species ''Meiopriapulus fijiensis'' have direct development.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Evidence for Direct Development in Meiopriapulus fijiensis (Priapulida) |journal=Transactions of the American Microscopical Society |volume=110 |issue=1 |pages=37–46 |date=January 1991 | jstor = 3226738 |last1=Higgins |first1=Robert P. |last2=Storch |first2=Volker |doi=10.2307/3226738 }}</ref> In current systematics, they are described as protostomes, despite having a deuterostomic development.<ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.037|title = Deuterostomic development in the protostome ''Priapulus caudatus'' | journal = Current Biology| volume = 22| issue = 22| pages = 2161–2166 | year = 2012| last1 = Martín-Durán | first1 = J. M. | last2 = Janssen | first2 = R. | last3 = Wennberg | first3 = S. | last4 = Budd | first4 = G. E. | last5 = Hejnol | first5 = A. | pmid=23103190| doi-access = free |bibcode = 2012CBio...22.2161M }}</ref> Because the group is so ancient, it is assumed the deuterostome condition which appears to be ancestral for [[Nephrozoa|bilaterians]] have been maintained.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121026084350.htm| title = Penis worms show the evolution of the digestive system}}</ref>

== Fossil record ==
[[File:Ottoia tricuspida ROM 63057.jpg|thumb|upright|''[[Ottoia tricuspida]]'' in the [[Burgess Shale]] (Middle Cambrian)]]
[[File:Ottoia prolifica Type B tooth.png|thumb|upright|[[Small Carbonaceous Fossil|Microfossil]] of a priapulid tooth (''[[Ottoia]]'', Cambrian); from Smith ''et al.'' 2015]]

[[Archaeopriapulid|Stem-group priapulids]] are known from the Middle Cambrian [[Burgess Shale]], where their soft-part anatomy is preserved, often in conjunction with their gut contents – allowing a reconstruction of their diets.<ref name=Vannier2010>{{cite journal| last1 = Vannier | first1 = J.| last2 = Calandra | first2 = I.| last3 = Gaillard | first3 = C.| last4 = Zylinska | first4 = A. | title = Priapulid worms: Pioneer horizontal burrowers at the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary | journal = Geology | year = 2010 | volume = 38 | issue = 8 | pages = 711–714| doi = 10.1130/G30829.1 | bibcode = 2010Geo....38..711V }}</ref> In addition, isolated [[Small Carbonaceous Fossil|microfossils]] (corresponding to the various teeth and spines that line the pharynx and introvert) are widespread in Cambrian deposits,<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Slater |first1=Ben J. |last2=Harvey |first2=Thomas H. P. |last3=Guilbaud |first3=Romain |last4=Butterfield |first4=Nicholas J. |date=January 2017 |editor-last=Rahman |editor-first=Imran |title=A cryptic record of Burgess Shale-type diversity from the early Cambrian of Baltica |journal=Palaeontology |language=en |volume=60 |issue=1 |pages=117–140 |doi=10.1111/pala.12273|doi-access=free |bibcode=2017Palgy..60..117S |hdl=2381/38663 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> allowing the distribution of priapulids – and even individual species – to be tracked widely through Cambrian oceans.<ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1111/pala.12168| title = The macro- and microfossil record of the Cambrian priapulid ''Ottoia''| journal = Palaeontology| date = July 2015| volume = 58 | issue = 4 | pages = 705–721|last1 = Smith | first1 = M. R. | last2 = Harvey | first2 = T. H. P. | last3 = Butterfield | first3 = N. J. | url = http://dro.dur.ac.uk/18218/1/18218.pdf| doi-access = free | bibcode = 2015Palgy..58..705S}}</ref><ref name="Wernström"/> [[Trace fossils]] that are morphologically almost identical to modern priapulid burrows (''[[Treptichnus pedum]]'') officially mark the start of the [[Cambrian]] period, suggesting that priapulids, or at least close anatomical relatives, evolved around this time.<ref name=Vannier2010 /> Crown-group priapulid body fossils are first known from the Carboniferous.<ref name=Budd2000 />

==Phylogeny==

=== External phylogeny ===
{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
{{clade
|label1=[[Ecdysozoa]]|sublabel1=>529 mya 
|1={{clade
   |label1=[[Scalidophora]]
   |1={{clade
      |1='''Priapulida''' [[File:Adult priapulid 2.jpg|50px]]
      |2=[[Kinorhyncha]] [[File:Paracentrophyes quadridentatus (white).jpg|80 px]]
      }}
   |2={{clade
      |label1=[[Nematoida]]
      |1={{clade
         |1=[[Nematoda]] [[File:CelegansGoldsteinLabUNC 2.jpg|70px]]
         |2=[[Nematomorpha]] [[File:Nematomorpha Somiedo (white background).jpg|60px]]
         }}
      |label2=[[Panarthropoda]]
      |2={{clade
         |1=[[Onychophora]] [[File:Velvet worm.png|80 px]]
         |label2=[[Tactopoda]]
         |2={{clade
            |1=[[Tardigrada]] [[File:SEM image of Milnesium tardigradum in active state - journal.pone.0045682.g001-2 (white background).png|60 px]]
            |2=[[Arthropoda]] [[File:Aptostichus simus Monterey County.jpg|60 px]]
            }}
         }}
      }}
   }}
}}

=== Internal phylogeny ===
{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
{{clade| style=font-size:100%;line-height:80%
|1={{clade
  |1=†[[Archaeopriapulida]] [paraphyletic]
  |2=†[[Ancalagonida]] <small>Adrianov & Malakhov 1995</small>
  |3={{clade
    |1=†''[[Markuelia]]'' <small>Valkov 1983</small>
    |2={{clade
      |1=†[[Palaeoscolecida]] <small>Conway Morris & Robinson 1986</small>
      |2={{clade
        |1=[[Kinorhyncha]] <small>Reinhard 1887</small> (Spiny crown worms; Mud dragons)
        |label2='''Priapulida'''
        |2={{clade
          |label1=[[Meiopriapulomorpha]]
          |1={{clade
|label1=[[Tubiluchidae]]
|1={{clade
  |1=†''[[Paratubiluchus]]'' <small>Han et al. 2004</small>
  |2=''[[Meiopriapulus]]'' <small>Morse 1981</small>
  |3=''[[Tubiluchus]]'' <small>van der Land 1968</small>
   }}
 }}
          |label2=[[Priapulimorpha]]
          |2={{clade
|label1=[[Maccabeidae]]
|1=''[[Maccabeus (genus)|Maccabeus]]'' <small>Por 1973</small>
|2={{clade
  |label1=[[Halicryptidae]]
  |1=''[[Halicryptus]]'' <small>von Siebold 1849</small>
  |label2=[[Priapulidae]]
  |2={{clade
    |1={{clade
      |1=†''[[Priapulites]]'' <small>Schram 1973</small>
      |2=†''[[Xiaoheiqingella]]'' <small>Hu 2002</small>
       }}
    |2={{clade
      |1=''[[Priapulopsis]]'' <small>Koren & Danielssen 1875</small>
      |2={{clade
        |1=''[[Acanthopriapulus]]'' <small>van der Land 1970</small>
        |2=''[[Priapulus]]'' <small>Lamarck 1816</small>
         }}
       }}
     }}
   }}
 }}
           }}
         }}
       }}
     }}
   }}
}}

==Classification==
{{See also|List of bilateral animal orders}}

There are 22 known extant species:<ref>{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=YHetDwAAQBAJ&dq=We+follow+here+the+familial+classification+of+Schmidt-Rhaesa+%282013b%29.&pg=PA167| title = The Invertebrate Tree of Life| isbn = 978-0-691-17025-1| last1 = Giribet| first1 = Gonzalo| last2 = Edgecombe| first2 = Gregory D.| date = 3 March 2020| publisher = Princeton University Press}}</ref><ref>[http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019/browse/classification/kingdom/Animalia/phylum/Cephalorhyncha/class/Priapulida/fossil/0/match/1 2019 Annual Checklist : Browse taxonomic classification phylum: Cephalorhyncha, class: Priapulida]</ref>
[[File:Ottoia reconstruction.jpg|thumb|200px|Illustration of ''[[Ottoia]]'', a prehistoric priapulid.]]

Phylum '''Priapulida''' <small>Théel 1906</small>
*Order [[Halicryptomorpha]] <small>Salvini-Plawen 1974</small> [<small>Adrianov & Malakhov 1995</small>; <small>Salvini-Plawen 1974</small>; Eupriapulida <small>Lemburg, 1999</small>]
**Family [[Halicryptidae]] <small>Salvini-Plawen 1974</small>
***Genus ''Halicryptus''
****Species ''H. higginsi'' <small>(Shirley & Storch, 1999)</small>
****Species ''H. spinulosus'' <small>(von Siebold, 1849)</small>
*Order [[Priapulomorpha]] <small>Adrianov & Malakhov 1995</small> (assigned its own order by <ref>Adrianov A. V, Malakhov V. V. 2001. Symmetry of priapulids (Priapulida). 1. Symmetry of adults. 247:99–110.</ref>)
**Family [[Priapulidae]] <small>Gosse 1855</small> [Xiaoheiqingidae <small>(sic) Hu 2002</small>]
***Genus ''Acanthopriapulus''
****Species ''A. horridus'' <small>(Théel, 1911)</small>
***Genus ''Priapulopsis''
****Species ''P. australis'' <small>(de Guerne, 1886)</small>
****Species ''P. bicaudatus'' <small>(Danielssen, 1869)</small>
****Species ''P. cnidephorus'' <small>(Salvini-Plawen, 1973)</small>
***Genus ''Priapulus''
****Species ''P. abyssorum'' <small>(Menzies, 1959)</small>
****Species ''P. caudatus'' <small>(Lamarck, 1816)</small>
****Species ''P. tuberculatospinosus'' <small>(Baird, 1868)</small>
**Family [[Tubiluchidae]] <small>van der Land 1970</small> [Meiopriapulidae <small>Adrianov & Malakhov 1995</small>]
***Genus ''[[Tubiluchus]]''
****Species ''T. arcticus'' <small>(Adrianov, Malakhov, Tchesunov & Tzetlin, 1989)</small>
****Species ''T. australensis'' <small>(van der Land, 1985)</small>
****Species ''T. corallicola'' <small>(van der Land, 1968)</small>
****Species ''T. lemburgi'' <small>(Schmidt-Rhaesa, Rothe & Martínez, 2013)</small>
****Species ''T. pardosi'' <small>(Schmidt-Rhaesa, Panpeng & Yamasaki, 2017)</small>
****Species ''T. philippinensis'' <small>(van der Land, 1985)</small>
****Species ''T. remanei'' <small>(van der Land, 1982)</small>
****Species ''T. soyoae'' <small>(Schmidt-Rhaesa, Panpeng & Yamasaki, 2017)</small>
****Species ''T. troglodytes'' <small>(Todaro & Shirley, 2003)</small>
****Species ''T. vanuatensis'' <small>(Adrianov & Malakhov, 1991)</small>
**Genus ''Meiopriapulus''
***Species ''M. fijiensis'' 
<small>(Morse, 1981)</small>
*Order [[Seticoronaria]]
**Family [[Chaetostephanidae]] <small>Por & Bromley 1974</small> [Chaetostephanidae <small>Salvini-Plawen 1974</small>]
***Genus ''[[Maccabeus (worm)|Maccabeus]]''
****Species ''M. cirratus'' <small>(Malakhov, 1979)</small>
****Species ''M. tentaculatus'' <small>(Por, 1973)</small>

===Extinct groups===
Stem-group †'''Scalidophora'''
*Order †[[Ancalagonida]] <small>Adrianov & Malakhov 1995</small> [Fieldiida <small>Adrianov & Malakhov 1995</small>]
**Family †[[Ancalagonidae]] <small>Conway Morris 1977</small>
***Genus †''[[Ancalagon (worm)|Ancalagon]]'' <small>Conway Morris 1977</small>
**Family †[[Fieldiidae]] <small>Conway Morris 1977</small>
***Genus †''[[Fieldia (worm)|Fieldia]]'' <small>Walcott 1912</small>

Stem-group †'''Palaeoscolecida'''
*Family †[[Selkirkiidae]] <small>Conway Morris 1977</small>
**Genus †''[[Selkirkia]]'' <small>Walcott 1911 non Hemsley 1884</small>
*Order †[[Ottoiomorpha]] <small>Adrianov & Malakhov 1995</small>
**Genus †''[[Scolecofurca]]'' <small>Conway Morris 1977</small>
**Family †[[Ottoiidae]] <small>Walcott 1911</small>
***Genus †''[[Ottoia]]'' <small>Walcott 1911</small>
**Family †[[Corynetidae]] <small>Huang, Vannier & Chen 2004</small>
***Genus †''[[Corynetis]]'' <small>Luo & Hu 1999</small> [''Anningvermis'' <small>Huang, Vannier & Chen 2004</small>]
**Family †[[Miskoiidae]] <small>Walcott 1911</small>
***Genus †''[[Miskoia]]'' <small>Walcott 1911</small>
***Genus †''[[Louisella]]'' <small>Conway Morris 1977</small>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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