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Urechis caupo

Urechis caupo

innkeeper worm(+2)·Fisher & MacGinitie, 1928

GBIF:155008073

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PROFILE

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Habitat

Marine

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(1)

North East Pacific

DATA

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 2 languages. 1 preferred.

enginnkeeper wormengeng'penis fish' or 'penis worm'engdeuKalifornischer Igelwurmdeu

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 2 languages. 1 name preferred.

enginnkeeper worm
engpreferred
Source: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. <em>2017.</em> Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
eng'penis fish' or 'penis worm'
eng
deuKalifornischer Igelwurm
deu
Source: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. <em>2017.</em> Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

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IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 64 proteins)

NCBI:txid6431

UNKNOWN

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CITATIONS

References(5)

  • 1

    Fisher, W. K., MacGinitie, G. E. (1928). A new echiuroid worm from California. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 10).</em> 1(2): 199–204, plate IX.

    original description
  • 2

    Fisher, W. K., MacGinitie, G. E. (1928). The natural history of an echiuroid worm. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 10).</em> 10(1): 204–213, plate X.

    ecology source
  • 3

    MacGinitie, G. E. 1930. Notice of extension of range and of new species of various invertebrates. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6: 68.

    additional source
  • 4

    Murina, Vantsetti. List of Echiura.

    additional source
  • 5

    van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

    basis of record
  • Source Information

    World Register of Marine Species

    World Register of Marine Species

    checklist

    An authoritative classification and catalogue of marine names. To obtain a full copy, please go to https://www.marinespecies.org/usersrequest.php

    WoRMS Editorial Board (2026). World Register of Marine Species. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.14284/170 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-15.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    155008073
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    2509005
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:266874
    Last Crawled
    6/4/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/4/2026