Priapulus caudatus
| Priapulus caudatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Priapulida |
| Class: | Priapulimorpha |
| Order: | Priapulimorphida |
| Family: | Priapulidae |
| Genus: | Priapulus |
| Species: | P. caudatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Priapulus caudatus Lamarck, 1816 | |
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Priapulus caudatus known as the cactus worm, is a marine invertebrate belonging to the phylum Priapulida. It is a cylindrical, unsegmented worm which burrows in soft sediment on the seabed. It has a circumpolar distribution.