Themiste (worm)

Themiste is a genus of peanut worms. It is the only genus in the family Themistidae.[1]

Themiste
Themiste alutacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Sipuncula
Class: Sipunculidea
Order: Golfingiida
Family: Themistidae
Cutler & Gibbs, 1985
Genus: Themiste
Gray, 1828
Species

Ten; see text

Members of this family are filter feeders, and have their feeding tentacles arranged in an elaborate crown-like structure. This is in contrast to other sipunculans which are deposit feeders.[2]

Species

The genus contains the following species:[1]

  • Themiste alutacea (Grube & Ørsted, 1858)
  • Themiste blanda (Selenka and de Man, 1883)
  • Themiste cymodoceae (Edmonds, 1956)
  • Themiste dehamata (Kesteven, 1903)
  • Themiste dyscrita (Fisher, 1952)
  • Themiste hennahi (Gray, 1828)
  • Themiste lageniformis (Baird, 1868)
  • Themiste minor (Ikeda, 1904)
  • Themiste pyroides (Chamberlain, 1920)
  • Themiste variospinosa (Edmonds, 1980)

References
  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Themiste Gray, 1828". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
  2. Cutler, Edward Bayler (1994). The Sipuncula: Their Systematics, Biology, and Evolution. Cornell University Press. p. 5. ISBN 0-8014-2843-2.


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