Species Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma) arcuatum (Gray, 1828)

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Species Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma) arcuatum (Gray, 1828)

Sipunculus arcuatus Gray, E.J. 1828. Spicilegia Zoologica; or original figures and short systematic descriptions of new and unfigured animals. London : Treuttel, Wurtz & Co. Part 1 8 pp., pls. I-VI. [8].
Type data:
Status unknown, BMNH, India.
Phymosoma lurco Selenka, E., de Man, J.G. & Bülow, C. 1883. Reisen in Archipel Philippinen van Dr. C. Semper. Leipsig : Leipsig & Wiesbaden Vol. 1 pp. 1-133. [61].
Type data:
Status unknown, Philippines.
Phascolosoma rhizophora Sluiter, C.P. 1891. Die Evertebraten aus der Sammlung des Königlichen naturwissenschaften Vereins in Nederländisch-Indien in Batavia. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 50: 102-123 [119].
Type data:
Status unknown, ZMA V.Si. 84, locality unknown.
Physcosoma ambonense Fischer, W. 1896. Gephyreen. Semon, Zoologische Forschungsreisen im Australien und malayischen Archipel. Medizinisch-naturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft zu Jena, Denkschriften. 337-339 pp. [337].
Type data:
Status unknown, Ambon Island.
Phymosoma deani Ikeda, I. 1905. Gephyreans collected by Professor Dean at Manjuyodi, Southern Negros (Philippine Islands). Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 5: 169-174 [171].
Type data:
Status unknown, Manjuyodi, Southern Negros (Philippine Islands).
Physcosoma esculenta Chen, Y. & Yeh, C-C. 1958. Notes on some Gephyrea of China with descriptions of four new species. Acta Zoologica Sinica 10: 265-278 [273].
Type data:
Status unknown, China.

Distribution

States

Queensland

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

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: N coast, NE coast

Oriental Region

Andaman Islands
China (People's Republic)
India
Indonesia
Malaysia
Philippines
Vietnam

Ecological Descriptors

Brackish water, estuary, intertidal, mangrove.

Extra Ecological Information

Can tolerate extended periods out of water, and is found in brackish waters in mangroves around the high tide line.

General References

Cutler, E.B. 1994. The Sipuncula, their Systematics, Biology, and Evolution. New York : Cornell University Press 480 pp. [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 [707-708]

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 [290-291] (as Phascolosoma lurco)

Edmonds, S.J. 1980. A review of the systematics of Australian sipunculans (Sipuncula). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 18: 1-74 [58-59]

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)

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