Subspecies Golfingia (Golfingia) margaritacea margaritacea (Sars, 1851)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sipunculus margaritaceus Sars, M. 1851. Beretning om en i Sommeren 1849 foretagen zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken. Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne, Oslo 6: 121-135, 190-211 [196].
• Golfingia margaritacea adelaidensis 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 [302].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM, Aldinga Reef, Gulf St Vincent, SA.
• Golfingia margaritaceum californiensis Fisher, W.K. 1952. The sipunculid worms of California and Baja California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 102: 371-450 [392].

  Type data:

   Holotype California, USA.
• Phascolosoma margaritacea finmarchica Théel, H. 1905. Northern and Arctic invertebrates in the collection of the Swedish State Museum. Sipunculids. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 39: 1-130 [63].
• Phascolosoma margaritacea sibirica Théel, H. 1905. Northern and Arctic invertebrates in the collection of the Swedish State Museum. Sipunculids. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 39: 1-130 [64].
• Homalosoma laeve Keferstein, W. 1865. Beiträge zur anatomischen und systematischen Kenntnis der Sipunculiden. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 15: 404-445 [436].
• Phascolosoma oerstedii Keferstein, W. 1865. Beiträge zur anatomischen und systematischen Kenntnis der Sipunculiden. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 15: 404-445 [436].
• Phascolosoma capsiforme Baird, W.B. 1868. Monograph of the species of worms belonging to the subclass Gephyrea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1868: 77-114 [83].
• Phascolosoma albidum Théel, H. 1875. Études sur les géphyriens inermes des mers de la Scandinavie, du Spitzberg et du Groënland. Bihang till Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 3(6): 1-30 [8].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Scandinavia.
• Phascolosoma fulgens Théel, H. 1875. Études sur les géphyriens inermes des mers de la Scandinavie, du Spitzberg et du Groënland. Bihang till Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 3(6): 1-30 [8].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Scandinavia.
• Phascolosoma hanseni Danielssen, D.C. & Koren, J. 1881. Fra den norske Norhavsexpedition (1876-1878) — Gephyreer. Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne, Oslo 26: 44-66 [9].
• Stephanostomia barentsii Horst, R. 1882. Die Gephyrea gesammelt während der zwei ersten Fahrten des William Barents III. Sipunculida. Niederländsches Archiv für Zoologie 1(4): 39-40 [39].
• Phascolosoma antarcticum Michaelsen, W. 1889. Die Gephyreen von Süd-Georgien nach der Ausbeute der Deutschen Station. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 6: 73-83 [73].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Antarctica.
• Phascolosoma fuscum Michaelsen, W. 1889. Die Gephyreen von Süd-Georgien nach der Ausbeute der Deutschen Station. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 6: 73-83 [76].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, South Georgia.
• Phascolosoma georgianum Michaelsen, W. 1889. Die Gephyreen von Süd-Georgien nach der Ausbeute der Deutschen Station. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 6: 73-83 [78].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, South Georgia.
• Phascolosoma profundum Roule, L. 1898. Notice préliminaire sur les espèces de géphyriens recueillies dans les explorations sous-marines du Talisman et du Travailleur. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris [published 1895-1906] 4: 384-387 [385].
• Phascolosoma japonicum Ikeda, I. 1904. The gephyrea of Japan. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 20(4): 1-87 [5].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Japan.
• Phascolosoma okinoseanum Ikeda, I. 1904. The gephyrea of Japan. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 20(4): 1-87 [12].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Japan.
• Phascolosoma trybomi Théel, H. 1905. Northern and Arctic invertebrates in the collection of the Swedish State Museum. Sipunculids. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 39: 1-130 [69].
• Phascolosoma socium Lanchester, W.F. 1908. Sipunculoidea of the National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904. Journal of Natural History 4: 1-6 [1].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Antarctica.
• Phascolosoma nordenskjoldi Théel, H. 1911. Priapulids and sipunculids dredged by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901-1903, and the phenomenon of bipolarity. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 47: 1-36 [30].
• Phascolosoma glossipapillosum Sato, H. 1934. Sipunculoidea, Echiuroidea and Priapuloidea collected by the Sayo-Maru Expedition of 1922-30. Science Reports of the Tôhoku University 4 9: 1-32 [10].
• Phascolosoma noto Sato, H. 1934. Sipunculoidea, Echiuroidea and Priapuloidea collected by the Sayo-Maru Expedition of 1922-30. Science Reports of the Tôhoku University 4 9: 1-32 [14].
• Phascolosoma signum Sato, H. 1934. Sipunculoidea, Echiuroidea and Priapuloidea collected by the Sayo-Maru Expedition of 1922-30. Science Reports of the Tôhoku University 4 9: 1-32 [16].
• Phascolosoma soyo Sato, H. 1934. Sipunculoidea, Echiuroidea and Priapuloidea collected by the Sayo-Maru Expedition of 1922-30. Science Reports of the Tôhoku University 4 9: 1-32 [17].
• Golfingia cantabriensis Edmonds, S.J. 1960. Sipunculids from New Zealand and the Chatham Islands. Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 139: 159-167 [163].

  Type data:

   Holotype New Zealand.

 

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Very widely distributed, found in all sectors of the Atlantic, Arctic and Antarctic Oceans, as well as the northern, south-eastern and south-western Pacific Ocean. Unknown from the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea; Australian distribution — only from Aldinga Bay, Gulf St Vincent, SA.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast

Ecological Descriptors

Abyssal, benthic, continental rise, continental shelf, continental slope, seagrass, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Found worldwide from 1-5300 m depth, but mostly from depths less than 300 m. In Australia found in sand amongst roots of the seagrass Amphibolis antarctica..

 

General References

Cutler, E.B. 1994. The Sipuncula, their Systematics, Biology, and Evolution. New York : Cornell University Press 480 pp. [71-73]

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 [302-303] (as Golfingia margaritacea adelaidensis)

Edmonds, S.J. 1980. A review of the systematics of Australian sipunculans (Sipuncula). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 18: 1-74 [21] (as Golfingia (Golfingia) margaritacea adeladensis)

Edmonds, S.J. 1982. Sipunculans (Phylum Sipuncula). pp. 299-311 in Shepherd, S.A. & Thomas, I.M. (eds). Marine Invertebrates of Southern Australia. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Adelaide : Government Printer Part 1 491 pp. [310] (as Golfingia margaritacea adelaidensis)

 

History of changes

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