Subgenus Sipunculus (Austrosiphon) Fisher, 1954

Museums

Regional Maps

• Austrosiphon Fisher, W.K. 1954. The genus Xenosiphon. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 7: 311-315 [314].

  Type species:

   Sipunculus indicus Peters, 1850 by original designation.
• Xenopsis Johnson, P. 1969. A new subgenus of Xenosiphon (Sipunculoidea) and description of a new species from Indian waters. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 66(1): 43-46 [44].
• Contraporus Cutler, E.B. & Cutler, N.J. 1985. A revision of the genera Sipunculus and Xenosiphon (Sipuncula). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 85: 219-246 [241].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Northwest Shelf Province (27), 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), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

• Madagascar
• South Africa

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, G. Aust. Bight, Lower E coast, NW coast, Tas. Coast
  • 200 mile fishing zone: SE oceanic
• Guam
• Indonesia
• New Zealand
• Palau

Neotropical Region

• Chile

Oriental Region

• India

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-Jul-2023		21-Jul-2023	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)