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Urechis caupo
Species of annelid worm / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Innkeeper worm" redirects here. Not to be confused with Urechis unicinctus.
Urechis caupo is a species of spoon worm in the family Urechidae, commonly known as the innkeeper echiuran,[2] the fat innkeeper worm (because their tunnels often contain other animals),[3] the innkeeper worm,[4] or the penis fish.[5] It is found in shallow water on the west coast of North America, between southern Oregon and Baja California,[6] where it forms a U-shaped burrow in the sediment and feeds on plankton using a mucus net.[7]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Clade: | Sedentaria |
Subclass: | Echiura |
Order: | Echiuroidea |
Family: | Urechidae |
Genus: | Urechis |
Species: | U. caupo |
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Urechis caupo | |
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