Priapulus caudatus, Cactus worm

Priapulus caudatus   Lamarck, 1816

Cactus worm

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Priapulomorpha | Not assigned | Priapulidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 0 - 2670 m (Ref. 119523).  Polar; 83°N - 56°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Arctic, Northern Pacific, Northern Atlantic and Antarctic Atlantic. Temperate to polar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in coasts (Ref. 422); in muddy sediments (Ref. 1578); and, in a crater of a marine volcano (Ref. 1589). It's a predator (Ref. 96501) and an omnivorous species and feeds on tissues of macrobenthic species (Ref. 95790).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the phylum Priapulida are gonochoric. Life cycle: Eggs develop into benthic priapulid larvae before turning into adult.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Saldarriaga, J.F. and V. Storch. 1997. (Ref. 422)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 0.5 - 6.8, mean 3.7 (based on 30 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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