Themiste is a genus of peanut worms. It is the only genus in the family Themistidae.[1]
| Themiste | |
|---|---|
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| Themiste alutacea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Class: | Sipuncula |
| Order: | Golfingiida |
| Family: | Themistidae Cutler & Gibbs, 1985 |
| Genus: | Themiste Gray, 1828 |
| Species | |
Ten; see text | |
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]
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)
References
Media related to Themiste at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Themiste (worm) at Wikispecies
