Species Sipunculus (Sipunculus) nudus Linnaeus, 1766
- Sipunculus eximioclathratus 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 [81].
- Sipunculus titubans Selenka, E. & Bülow, C. 1883. Die Sipunculiden. In, Selenka, E., Man, J.G. de & Bülow, C. (eds). Reisen in Archipel Philippinen van Dr. C. Semper. Leipsig : Leipsig und Wiesbaden Vol. 1 133 pp. [100].
Type data:
Holotype ZMHB 1036, Puntarenas. - Sipunculus delphinus Murina, V.V. 1967. Report on the sipunculid worms from the sublittoral zone of Cuba and the Mexican Gulf. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 46: 1329-1336 [1336].
Type data:
Status unknown, Cuba.
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan, found in temperate, sub-tropical and tropical waters in all oceans — Australian distribution: Weipa and Moreton Bay, QLD.
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
- Madagascar
- Senegal
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Gulf of Carp.
Neotropical Region
- Chile
Oriental Region
- Thailand
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, continental slope, intertidal, mud bottom–marine, sand bottom marine, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Mostly intertidal to 30 m depth, but a few records are from 100-900 m depth.
Notes
This most common member of the Sipunculus genus has been studied in detail by anatomists, physiologists, biochemists and ecologists.
General References
Edmonds, S.J. 1980. A review of the systematics of Australian sipunculans (Sipuncula). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 18: 1-74 [10-12] (Sipunculus titubans titubans Australian record)
History of changes
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21-Jul-2023 | 21-Jul-2023 | MOVED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |