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Species Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma) annulatum Hutton, 1879

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Species Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma) annulatum Hutton, 1879

Phascolosoma annulatum Hutton, W.K. 1879. Additions to the list of New Zealand worms. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 12: 277-278 [278].
Type data:
Status unknown, BMNH, Campbell Island, New Zealand.
Physcosoma scolops mossambiciense Augener, H. 1903. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Gephyreen nach Untersuchung der im Göttinger zoologischen Museum befindlichen Sipunculiden und Echiuren. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 69: 297-371 [339].
Type data:
Status unknown, Mozambique.
Physcosoma scolops tasmaniense Fischer, W. 1914. Weitere Mitteilung über die Gephyreen des Naturhistorischen Museums zu Hamburg. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 31: 1-28 [3].
Type data:
Status unknown, Tasmania.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Has a similar habitat requirement to Phascolosoma noduliferum, and sometimes both species can occur under the same rock.

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)

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

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IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, G. Aust. Bight, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast
New Zealand
- Campbell Is.

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, intertidal, rock reef, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Down to 500 m depth, but commonly found in burrows, crevices and under boulders at mid to low tide level.

General References

Cutler, E.B. 1994. The Sipuncula, their Systematics, Biology, and Evolution. New York : Cornell University Press 480 pp. [175-176]

Cutler, N.J. & Cutler, E.B. 1990. A revision of the subgenus Phascolosoma (Sipuncula: Phascolosoma). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 103(3): 691-730 [707]

Edgar, G.J. 1997. Australian Marine Life, the plants and animals of temperate waters. Kew, Victoria, Australia : Reed Books 544 pp. [164]

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 [285-286] (as Phascolosma tasmaniense)

Edmonds, S.J. 1980. A review of the systematics of Australian sipunculans (Sipuncula). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 18: 1-74 [57-58]

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. [304]

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)
21-Jul-2023		21-Jul-2023	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)