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Echiurus echiurus

Echiurus echiurus

zandworm(+4)·(Pallas, 1766)

GBIF:155008088

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PROFILE

Species Profile

Habitat

Marine

Characteristics

Extant

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GEOGRAPHY

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(13)

European Marine Waters
Arctic Ocean
North West Atlantic
Arctic Ocean
English Channel
North Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Oostende Bank(BE)
Danish Exclusive Economic Zone(DK)
French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part](FR)
French Atlantic Coast(FR)
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone(NZ)
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone(SE)

DATA

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 4 languages. 1 preferred.

nldzandwormnld★engFat innkeeperengengSpoonwormengdanalmindelig tungeormdanrusЭхиурус обыкновенныйrus

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 4 languages. 1 name preferred.

nldzandworm
nld★ preferred
Source: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.
engFat innkeeper
eng
Source: Volvenko, I. V.; Orlov, A. M.; Gebruk, A. V.; Katugin, O. N.; Ogorodnikova, A. A.; Vinogradov, G. M.; Maznikova, O. A. (2019). Checklist of the trawl macrofauna from the North Pacific and adjacent seas with information about fishery importance, potential product yield, and price range, supplement to: Volvenko, Igor V; Orlov, Alexei M; Gebruk, Andrey V; Katugin, Oleg N; Ogorodnikova, Alla A; Vinogradov, Georgy M; Maznikova, Olga A (in prep.): Trawl macrofauna of the Far-Eastern Seas and North Pacific: proportion of commercial species, potential product yield, and price rang. Earth System Science Data. <em>PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science.</em>
engSpoonworm
eng
Source: Volvenko, I. V.; Orlov, A. M.; Gebruk, A. V.; Katugin, O. N.; Ogorodnikova, A. A.; Vinogradov, G. M.; Maznikova, O. A. (2019). Checklist of the trawl macrofauna from the North Pacific and adjacent seas with information about fishery importance, potential product yield, and price range, supplement to: Volvenko, Igor V; Orlov, Alexei M; Gebruk, Andrey V; Katugin, Oleg N; Ogorodnikova, Alla A; Vinogradov, Georgy M; Maznikova, Olga A (in prep.): Trawl macrofauna of the Far-Eastern Seas and North Pacific: proportion of commercial species, potential product yield, and price rang. Earth System Science Data. <em>PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science.</em>
danalmindelig tungeorm
dan
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
rusЭхиурус обыкновенный
rus
Source: Volvenko, I. V.; Orlov, A. M.; Gebruk, A. V.; Katugin, O. N.; Ogorodnikova, A. A.; Vinogradov, G. M.; Maznikova, O. A. (2019). Checklist of the trawl macrofauna from the North Pacific and adjacent seas with information about fishery importance, potential product yield, and price range, supplement to: Volvenko, Igor V; Orlov, Alexei M; Gebruk, Andrey V; Katugin, Oleg N; Ogorodnikova, Alla A; Vinogradov, Georgy M; Maznikova, Olga A (in prep.): Trawl macrofauna of the Far-Eastern Seas and North Pacific: proportion of commercial species, potential product yield, and price rang. Earth System Science Data. <em>PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science.</em>

CLASSIFICATION

Taxonomic Classification Tree

BiotaAnimaliaAnnelidaPolychaetaEchiuraEchiuroideaEchiuridaEchiuridaeEchiurusEchiurus echiurus

IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 5 proteins)

NCBI:txid417073

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References(10)

  • 1

    Biseswar, Ramlall. (2019). The echiuran fauna of southern Africa (Class: Echiura, Phylum: Annelida). <em>African Zoology.</em> 54(2): 73–90.

    additional sourceDOI: 10.1080/15627020.2019.1600429
  • 2

    Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp.

    additional source
  • 3

    Cutler, E.B. (2009). Phylum Echiura: spoon worms, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 308-311.

    additional source
  • 4

    Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

    additional source
  • 5

    Murina, Vantsetti. List of Echiura.

    additional source

    • 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 2026-06-14.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    155008088
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    2508998
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:110377
    Last Crawled
    6/4/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/4/2026
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