Antillesoma antillarum

Antillesoma antillarum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Metazoa
Phylum: Sipuncula
Class: Phascolosomatidea
Order: Phascolosomatida
Family: Phascolosomatidae
Genus: Antillesoma
Species: A. antillarum
Binomial name
Antillesoma antillarum
(Grube, 1858)

Antillesoma antillarum is the only species of peanut worms (Sipuncula) of the genus Antillesoma. The genus belongs to the family Phascolosomatidae.[1]

Synonymy

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. 1 2 Sipuncula LifeDesk.

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