Species Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma) stephensoni (Stephen, 1942)

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Species Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma) stephensoni (Stephen, 1942)

Physcosoma stephensoni Stephen, A.C. 1942. Notes on the intertidal sipunculids of Cape Province and Natal. Annals of the Natal Museum 10: 245-256 [250].
Type data:
Holotype RSM 1958:23:17, Natal, South Africa.
Sipunculus (Phymosomum) spinicauda Quatrefages, A. de 1865. Histoire naturelle des Annéles marins et d'eau douce. Paris : Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret pp. 1-794. [621].
Phascolosoma heronis 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 [293].
Type data:
Holotype AM, Heron Island, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

A somewhat disconnected distribution from the Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic Ocean, western and north-western Indian Ocean and western 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

Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Mozambique
Somalia
South Africa

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef
- Lord Howe Island
- Norfolk Island
Hawaii
Solomon Islands

Oriental Region

India

Palaearctic Region

Azores
Canary Islands
Italy
- Sicily
Spain

Ecological Descriptors

Subtidal.

General References

Cutler, E.B. 1994. The Sipuncula, their Systematics, Biology, and Evolution. New York : Cornell University Press 480 pp. [185]

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 [719-720]

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 [293-295] (as Phascoosoma heronis)

Edmonds, S.J. 1980. A review of the systematics of Australian sipunculans (Sipuncula). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 18: 1-74 [67-68]

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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