Antillesoma antillarum

Antillesoma antillarum is the type species of the peanut worm genus Antillesoma. The genus belongs to the family Phascolosomatidae.[1]

Antillesoma antillarum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Sipuncula
Order: Phascolosomatida
Family: Phascolosomatidae
Genus: Antillesoma
Species:
A. antillarum
Binomial name
Antillesoma antillarum
(Grube, 1858)

Synonymy
  • Aspidosiphon mokyevskii (Murina, 1964)
  • Golfingia (Thysanocardia) mokyevskii Murina, 1964
  • Golfingia mokyevskii Murina, 1964
  • Phascolion antillarum
  • Phascolosoma (Aedematosomum) antillarum Grube, 1858
  • Phascolosoma (Antillesoma) antillarum Grube, 1858
  • Phascolosoma (Antillesoma) asser (Selenka & De Man, 1883)
  • Phascolosoma (Antillesoma) pelmum (Selenka & De Man, 1883)
  • Phascolosoma (Antillesoma) schmidti Murina, 1975
  • Phascolosoma (Rueppellisoma) gaudens (Lanchester, 1905)
  • Phascolosoma (Rueppellisoma) onomichianum (Ikeda, 1904)
  • Phascolosoma (Rueppellisoma) simile (Chen & Yeh, 1958)
  • Phascolosoma (Rueppellisoma) weldonii (Shipley, 1892)
  • Phascolosoma aethiops Baird, 1868
  • Phascolosoma antillarum Grube, 1858
  • Phascolosoma asser (Selenka & De Man, 1883)
  • Phascolosoma fuscum Keferstein, 1862
  • Phascolosoma glans (De Quatrefages, 1865)
  • Phascolosoma immodestum (De Quatrefages, 1865)
  • Phascolosoma nigriceps Baird, 1868
  • Phascolosoma onomichianum (Ikeda, 1904)
  • Phascolosoma pelma (Selenka & De Man, 1883)
  • Phascolosoma pelmum (Selenka & De Man, 1883)
  • Phascolosoma similis (Chen & Yeh, 1958)
  • Phymosoma antillarum (Grube, 1858)
  • Phymosoma asser Selenka & De Man, in Selenka, de Man & Bülow, 1883
  • Phymosoma onomichianum Ikeda, 1904
  • Phymosoma pelma Selenka & De Man, in Selenka, de Man & Bülow, 1883
  • Physcosoma antillarum (Grube, 1858)
  • Physcosoma asser (Selenka & De Man, 1883)
  • Physcosoma gaudens Lanchester, 1905
  • Physcosoma onomichianum (Ikeda, 1904)
  • Physcosoma pelma (Selenka & De Man, 1883)
  • Physcosoma similis Chen & Yeh, 1958
  • Physcosoma weldonii Shipley, 1892
  • Sipunculus (Aedematosomum) glans De Quatrefages, 1865
  • Sipunculus (Aedematosomum) immodestus De Quatrefages, 1865

Distribution

This species is considered a cosmopolitan species. They are widespread in tropical and subtropical waters. It has been reported in the western Atlantic and the Caribbean from Florida to Brazil, in the eastern Atlantic in Sierra Leone.[2][3]

Habitat

Antillesoma antillarum has been found inhabiting mollusc shell middens. They accompany and associate with the following species of sipunculids: Aspidosiphon albus, A. Parvulus, A. fischeri, Temistes lageniformis, y Nephasoma pellucidum.[3]

References
  1. World Register of Marine Especies (WoRMS): Antillesoma antillarum (Grube, 1858) AphiaID: 136075
  2. Cutler, Edward B. (1994): The Sipuncula: their systematic, biology and evolution. Comstock Publishing Associates of Cornell University. Ithaca, New York. 406p ISBN 0-8014-2843-2
  3. "Sipuncula LifeDesk". Archived from the original on 2013-04-16. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
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