Species Sipunculus (Sipunculus) norvegicus Danielssen, 1869

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Species Sipunculus (Sipunculus) norvegicus Danielssen, 1869

Sipunculus norvegicus Danielssen, D.C. 1869. Sipunculus norvegicus. Skandinaviske Naturforskeres mode. Forhandlinger ved de Skandinaviske Naturforskeres Möte Kobenhavn 10: 541-542 [541].
Type data:
Status unknown, Norway.
Sipunculus priapuloides Koren, J. & Danielssen, D.C. 1877. Contributions to the natural history of the Norwegian Gephyrea. pp. 111-156 in Sars, M. (ed.). Fauna littoralis Norwegiae. Norway : Christiana Vol. 3. [126].
Type data:
Status unknown, Norway.
Sipunculus nitidus Sluiter, C.P. 1900. Géphyriens (Sipunculides et Echiurides) provenant des campagnes de l'Hirondelle er de la Princess Alice, 1886-1897. Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco 151: 1-29 [14].
Sipunculus aequabilis 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 [7].
Type data:
Holotype ZMA, Indonesia.
Sipunculus infrons 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 [10].
Sipunculus priapuloides americana Gerould, J.H. 1913. The sipunculids of the eastern coast of North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 44: 373-437 [429].
Type data:
Status unknown, east coast of USA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Common in the North Atlantic (from the equator to 57º N), also scattered records from the Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Indian and western Pacific Oceans.

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

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast

Ecological Descriptors

Bathyal, continental rise, continental shelf, continental slope, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Most records are from 100-3000 m depth.

General References

Cutler, E.B. 1994. The Sipuncula, their Systematics, Biology, and Evolution. New York : Cornell University Press 480 pp. [36]

Edmonds, S.J. 1985. A new species of Phascolosoma from Australia (Sipuncula). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 109: 43-44 [43] (Australian record)

Edmonds, S.J. 2000. Phylum Sipuncula. pp. 375-400 in Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Glasby, C.J. (eds). Polychaetes & Allies: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia Vol. 4A Polychaeta, Myzostomida, Pogonophora, Echiura, Sipuncula. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 Part A xii 1-465 pp. [390]

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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