WoRMS name details
Thalassematinae Forbes & Goodsir, 1841
234514 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234514)
alternative representation (superseded subfamily-level rank, '-inae' spelling)
Subfamily
Thalassema Pallas, 1774 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Forbes, E., Goodsir, J. (1841). On the natural history and anatomy of Thalassema and Echiurus. <em>Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal.</em> 30: 369–378., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15036276
page(s): 369. [details]
page(s): 369. [details]
WoRMS (2025). Thalassematinae Forbes & Goodsir, 1841. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234514 on 2025-05-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Forbes, E., Goodsir, J. (1841). On the natural history and anatomy of Thalassema and Echiurus. <em>Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal.</em> 30: 369–378., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15036276
page(s): 369. [details]
page(s): 369. [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Nishikawa, T. (1998). Nomenclatural remarks on the family-group names of the Phylum Echiura. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 111(2): 249–256., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35459003 [details]
status source Stephen, A. C., Edmonds, S. J. (1972). The Phyla Sipuncula and Echiura. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London. [details]
status source Goto, R. (2016). A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of spoon worms (Echiura, Annelida): implications for morphological evolution, the origin of dwarf males, and habitat shifts. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 99: 247–260., available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790316000713
note: Treated as a family separate from Echiuridae [details]
status source Stephen, A. C., Edmonds, S. J. (1972). The Phyla Sipuncula and Echiura. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London. [details]
status source Goto, R. (2016). A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of spoon worms (Echiura, Annelida): implications for morphological evolution, the origin of dwarf males, and habitat shifts. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 99: 247–260., available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790316000713
note: Treated as a family separate from Echiuridae [details]
Other
additional source
Forbes, E. (1841). A history of British Starfishes and other animals of the class Echinodermata. <em>London; John Van Voorst.</em> 267 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2061567 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
