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Species Sipunculus (Sipunculus) robustus Keferstein, 1865

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Warm waters in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean, also reported from the Red Sea and the Caribbean.


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), 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 Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

  • Madagascar
  • South Africa

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Great Barrier Reef, Lower W coast, NE coast, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast
  • Indonesia
  • Marshall Islands
  • Palau
  • Wallis and Futuna Islands

Oriental Region

  • India
  • Laccadive (= Cannanore) Islands
  • Maldives
  • Philippines

Ecological Descriptors

Sand bottom marine, shallow.

Extra Ecological Information

Sand burrowing species that is often washed up on southern Australian sandy beaches after storms.

 

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)