Species Cloeosiphon aspergillus (Quatrefages, 1865)

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Species Cloeosiphon aspergillus (Quatrefages, 1865)

Loxosiphon aspergillus Quatrefages, A. de 1865. Histoire naturelle des Annéles marins et d'eau douce. Paris : Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret pp. 1-794. [605].
Type data:
Status unknown, locality unknown.
Cloeosiphon mollis Selenka, E. & Bülow, C. 1883. Die Sipunculiden. In, Selenka, E., Man, J.G. de & Bülow, C. (eds). Reisen in Archipel Philippinen van Dr. C. Semper. Leipsig : Leipsig und Wiesbaden Vol. 1 133 pp. [128].
Type data:
Status unknown, Philippines.
Cloeosiphon javanicum Sluiter, C.P. 1886. Beiträge zu der Kenntniss der Gephyreen aus dem Malayischen Archipel. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 45: 471-517 [473].
Type data:
Status unknown, Java, Indonesia.
Cloeosiphon japonicum Ikeda, I. 1904. The gephyrea of Japan. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 20(4): 1-87 [49].
Type data:
Status unknown, Japan.
Cloeosiphon carolinum Ikeda, I. 1924. Further notes on the Gephyrea of Japan, with descriptions of some new species from the Marshall, Caroline, and Palau islands. Japanese Journal of Zoology 1: 23-44.
Type data:
Status unknown, Caroline Islands.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Found across the Indo-West Pacific Ocean.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Madagascar

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, NE coast
Papua New Guinea

Oriental Region

India
Indonesia
Laccadive (= Cannanore) Islands
Maldives
Philippines
Sri Lanka

Palaearctic Region

Japan

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, rock reef, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Often found in the coral Millipora.

General References

Cutler, E.B. 1994. The Sipuncula, their Systematics, Biology, and Evolution. New York : Cornell University Press 480 pp. [232]

Edmonds, S.J. 1956. Australian Sipunculoidea II. The genera Phascolosoma, Dendrostomum, Golfingia, Aspidosiphon and Cloeosiphon. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7: 281-315 [309-310]

Edmonds, S.J. 1980. A review of the systematics of Australian sipunculans (Sipuncula). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 18: 1-74 [54]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Jul-2023		10-Jul-2023	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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