Nephasoma diaphanes corrugatum N. Cutler and Cutler, 1986
Nephasoma diaphanes corrugatum |
Nephasoma diaphanes corrugatum: hooks |
Phascolosoma schuttei Augner, 1903
Distinguishing characteristics
Two retractors.
Transparent or translucent body wall.
Irregular, wavy, zigzag longitudinal epidermal ridges on the introvert base and anterior part of the trunk.
Papillae on the posterior end of the trunk darker than surrounding skin.
Small, scattered triangular hooks.
Tentacular crown consists of six to eight short lobes plus two longer dorsal tentacles.
Size
Common trunk length: 5-10 mm
Maximum trunk length: 20-30 mm
Color
Tan to grayish brown, translucent to opaque
Habitat
It inhabits sandy silt, red clay and mud
Feeding
Deposit feeder
Life cycle
Unknown
Distribution
Broad latitudinal range from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Mediteranean, Red Sea; 80-5900 m
References
- Cutler EB (1994) The Sipuncula. Their Systematics, Biology, and Evolution. 1-453
- Cutler EB, Cutler NJ (1986) Revision of the genus Nephasoma (Sipuncula:Golfingiidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 99:547-573
- Gibbs PE (2001) Sipunculans. Key and Notes for the Identification of British Species, Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series). Crothers J.H.// Hayward P.J.
- Kędra M, Murina GV (2007) The sipunculan fauna of Svalbard. Polar Research 26:37-47
- Kędra M, Shields MA (2010) On the deep-sea Nephasoma species in the Eastern North Atlantic - A taxonomic guide, Marine Biology Research, DOI:10.1080/17451001003660293
- Pancucci-Papadopoulou MA, Murina GV, Zenetos A (1999) The phylum Sipuncula in the Mediteranean Sea. 1-109