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title: "Common Peanut Worm"
description: "Sipunculus nudus — Other animals. Sipunculus nudus is a cosmopolitan species of unsegmented marine worm of the class Sipuncula, also known as peanut worms."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/common-peanut-worm
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Peanut Worm

> Sipunculus nudus — Other animals. Sipunculus nudus is a cosmopolitan species of unsegmented marine worm of the class Sipuncula, also known as peanut worms.

- Scientific name: *Sipunculus nudus*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 146
- Wikidata: [Q1930845](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1930845)
- iNaturalist taxon: [117577](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/117577)

## Names

- en: Common Peanut Worm
- fr: Ver cacahuète
- nl: Sipunculus (Sipunculus) nudus

## Countries with the most observations

IT (11), FR (10), CN (5)

## Summary

Sipunculus nudus is a cosmopolitan species of unsegmented marine worm of the class Sipuncula, also known as peanut worms.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sipunculus_nudus

## Photo

![Common Peanut Worm](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-peanut-worm/medium.jpg)

Photo: Federico Biguzzi · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/332206386

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-peanut-worm?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).