{{Short description|Family of annelid worms}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = FMIB 53682 Vers.jpeg | image_caption = Worms: ''E echiurus'' is at centre left | parent_authority = Quatrefages, 1847<ref>{{cite WoRMS |author=Tanaka, Masaatsu |year=2017 |title=Echiuridae Quatrefages, 1847 |id=110349 |access-date=18 February 2019 }}</ref> | taxon = Echiurus | authority = Guérin-Méneville, 1831<ref name=WoRMS>{{cite WoRMS |author=Tanaka, Masaatsu |year=2017 |title=''Echiurus'' Guérin-Méneville, 1831 |id=110358 |access-date=18 February 2019 }}</ref> | display_parents = 3 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = * ''Echiurus abyssalis'' * ''Echiurus antarcticus'' * ''Echiurus echiurus'' * ''Echiurus sitchaensis'' }}

'''Echiuridae''' is a family of spoon worms in the suborder Echiurida. It is a monotypic family, the only genus being '''''Echiurus'''''. These worms burrow into soft sediment on the seabed.

== Species == The World Register of Marine Species recognises the following species in the genus:-<ref name=WoRMS/>

* ''Echiurus abyssalis''<small> Skorikow, 1906</small> * ''Echiurus antarcticus''<small> Spengel, 1912</small> * ''Echiurus echiurus''<small> (Pallas, 1766)</small> * ''Echiurus sitchaensis''<small> Brandt, 1835</small>

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Category:Echiura Category:Annelid families Category:Monogeneric protostome families