Themiste (worm)

Genus of worms

Themiste

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

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]

## Species

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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

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1. ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Themiste Gray, 1828". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
2. ^ Cutler, Edward Bayler (1994). The Sipuncula: Their Systematics, Biology, and Evolution. Cornell University Press. p. 5\. ISBN 0-8014-2843-2.

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* Data related to Themiste (worm) at Wikispecies

Taxon identifiers

Themiste|

* Wikidata: Q2808739
* Wikispecies: Themiste
* AFD: Themiste
* BOLD: 81960
* CoL: 7VMB
* EoL: 64962
* GBIF: 2509528
* iNaturalist: 48668
* IRMNG: 1380395
* ITIS: 154777
* NCBI: 6435
* NZOR: 88c7bb77-1686-48c1-a2cd-bcf25ad7172f
* Open Tree of Life: 377816
* WoRMS: 264942

Themistidae|

* Wikidata: Q15256591
* Wikispecies: Themistidae
* AFD: Themistidae
* BOLD: 81959
* CoL: H6B
* EoL: 8879
* GBIF: 3390
* iNaturalist: 48667
* IRMNG: 107550
* ITIS: 772458
* NCBI: 120999
* NZOR: 171c1faa-024d-4817-b1c6-235d952eb320
* Open Tree of Life: 622874
* WoRMS: 255179

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