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Sipuncula (Peanut worms)

Themiste pyroides. Photo: (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY)

The Sipuncula or Sipunculida (common names sipunculid worms or peanut worms) is a group containing 144–320 species (estimates vary) of bilaterally symmetrical, unsegmented marine worms. Sipuncula signifies “little tube or siphon”. Traditionally considered a phylum, they might be a subgroup of phylum Annelida based on recent molecular work.

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