Talk:Priapulida

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Contents 1 Number of Species 2 Penis Worm 3 Number of Genera 4 name

[edit] Number of Species

How many species are known in this phylum? --Savant13 14:05, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

There are 16 species known --Skaldic 17:16, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Penis Worm

the PENIS worm! gotta love it.

Name is redundant, no?--Wasabe3543 16:18, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Why is it called the penis worm? Does it inhabit penises? Does it resemble a penis? Is it noted for it's penis? Monsday 06:54, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Resembles a human penis. User:CarlFink

I guess students name their penis worms "Dick" in the labs....204.52.215.107 01:51, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

I thought this was vandalism...guess not.D-rew (talk) 14:53, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Number of Genera

This article says "There are three genera...", but the Classification section shows many genera. Which is correct? --121.112.124.72 (talk) 12:44, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] name

It's named after the appearance. I just thought scientists would be more ...eh.... scientific than to say, "It looks like a penis! Let's call it a penis!"--Loodog (talk) 21:20, 11 February 2008 (UTC)