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Themiste (worm)
Genus of worms From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Themiste is a genus of peanut worms. It is the only genus in the family Themistidae.[1]
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]
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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)
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References
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