Species Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma) nigrescens Keferstein, 1865

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• Phascolosoma nigrescens Keferstein, W. 1865. Beiträge zur anatomischen und systematischen Kenntnis der Sipunculiden. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 15: 404-445 [424].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Fiji.
• Phascolosoma puntarenae Grübe, E. & Oersted, A.S. 1858. Annulata oerstedianna. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 1858: 1-120 [13] [? nom. nud.].
• Sipunculus (Phymosomum) plicatus Quatrefages, A. de 1865. Histoire naturelle des Annéles marins et d'eau douce. Paris : Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret pp. 1-794. [622].
• Phascolosoma varians Keferstein, W. 1865. Beiträge zur anatomischen und systematischen Kenntnis der Sipunculiden. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 15: 404-445 [424].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, MCZ 423, 428, 1604, locality unknown.
• Phascolosoma planispinosum 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 [93].
• Phymosoma spengeli Sluiter, C.P. 1886. Beiträge zu der Kenntniss der Gephyreen aus dem Malayischen Archipel. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 45: 471-517 [498].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ZMA V.Si. 128, Malaysia.
• Phymosoma duplicigranulatum Sluiter, C.P. 1886. Beiträge zu der Kenntniss der Gephyreen aus dem Malayischen Archipel. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 45: 471-517 [501].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ZMA V.Si. 102, Malaysia.
• Phymosoma lacteum Sluiter, C.P. 1886. Beiträge zu der Kenntniss der Gephyreen aus dem Malayischen Archipel. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 45: 471-517 [507].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ZMA V.Si. 75, Malaysia.
• Phymosoma diophanes Sluiter, C.P. 1886. Beiträge zu der Kenntniss der Gephyreen aus dem Malayischen Archipel. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 45: 471-517 [509].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ZMA V.Si. 101, Malaysia.
• Physcosoma extortum Sluiter, C.P. 1902. Die Sipunculiden und Echiuriden der Siboga-Expedition, nebst Zusammenstellung der Ueberdies aus den indischen Archipel bekannten Arten. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 25: 1-53 [15].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ZMA V.Si.128/6, locality unknown.
• Physcosoma evisceratum Lanchester, W.F. 1905. Gephyrea in the marine fauna of Zanzibar and British East Africa from the collections made by C. Crossland in 1901-1902. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1: 28-35 [31].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, BMNH 1924.3.1.163, locality unknown.
• Physcosoma minutum Ten Broeke, A. 1925. Westindische Sipunculiden und Echiuriden. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 24: 81-96 [87].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ZMA V.Si. 117, West Indies.
• Physcosoma horsti Ten Broeke, A. 1925. Westindische Sipunculiden und Echiuriden. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 24: 81-96 [89].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ZMA V.Si.108, West Indies.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

The most widespread circumtropical species in the genus; generally between 30º N & 30º S, in shallow waters of the Indian, Paciifc and Atlantic Oceans.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

• Mauritius

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, NE coast, NW coast
• Fiji

Oriental Region

• Laccadive (= Cannanore) Islands
• Maldives
• Philippines
• Sri Lanka

Palaearctic Region

• Japan

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, subtidal.

 

General References

Cutler, E.B. 1994. The Sipuncula, their Systematics, Biology, and Evolution. New York : Cornell University Press 480 pp. [179-181]

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 [711-714]

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 [289]

Edmonds, S.J. 1980. A review of the systematics of Australian sipunculans (Sipuncula). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 18: 1-74 [59-61]

 

History of changes

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