Subgenus Sipunculus (Sipunculus) Linnaeus, 1766

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Subgenus Sipunculus (Sipunculus) Linnaeus, 1766

Sipunculus Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Holmiae [=Stockholm] : Laurentii Salvii, Tomus I. Regnum Animale(1) Editio duodecima, reformata [3 vols., 1766-68], 532 pp. [1078].
Type species:
Sipumculus nudus Linnaeus, 1766 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

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

Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), 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), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Madagascar
Senegal
South Africa

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carp., Lower W coast, NE coast, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast
Indonesia
Marshall Islands
Palau
Wallis and Futuna Islands

Neotropical Region

Chile

Oriental Region

India
Laccadive (= Cannanore) Islands
Maldives
Philippines
Thailand

General References

Cutler, E.B. 1994. The Sipuncula, their Systematics, Biology, and Evolution. New York : Cornell University Press 480 pp. [33]

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

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

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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