Nephasoma (Nephasoma) constrictum
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Nephasoma (Nephasoma) constrictum (Southern, 1913)
(Figure 3 A)
Nephasoma constrictum: Saiz Salinas 1993a: 539 –541, figs 2a–g; Saiz Salinas 1993b: 90 –92, figs 43, 44, 84c; Saiz Salinas & Villafranca Urchegui 1990: 1153 –1156, figs 7a–d; PancucciPapadopoulou et al. 1999: 46–47, fig. 12.
Material examined: ESFM – SIP /97–20, T7, trawl, start: 35°40.3' N – 34°39.1' E, finish: 35°39.7' N – 34°37.8' E, 16 May 1997, 275– 337 m, mud, 1 specimen.
Remarks: Body semitransparent, pale brownish. Trunk 4.5 mm long, 0.5 mm wide at anterior part, 1.5 mm wide at posterior part. Introvert 2.2 mm long, 0.6 mm wide, with small papillae. Trunk 2.1 times introvert length. Hooks not present. Distance between posterior end of trunk and base of retractors 1.3 mm long. Retractors originating from 30% of the distance to the end of trunk. Spindle muscle present. A distinct constriction present on trunkintrovert junction (Figure 3 A). Large, numerous domeshaped papillae covering entire trunk; fingerlike papillae on posterior part of trunk; 28–33 µm height, 15–20 µm in diameter.
Distribution: Indian Ocean, north Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea (Cutler 1994). Depth range: 75–4350 m (Cutler & Cutler 1996; Saiz Salinas 1993a).
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Published as part of Açik, S., Murina, G. V., Çinar, M. E. & Ergen, Z., 2005, Sipunculans from the coast of northern Cyprus (eastern Mediterranean Sea), pp. 1-23 in Zootaxa 1077 on page 7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.170329Files
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Golfingiidae
- Genus
- Nephasoma
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Golfingiiformes
- Phylum
- Sipuncula
- Scientific name authorship
- Southern
- Species
- constrictum
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- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Nephasoma (Nephasoma) constrictum (Southern, 1913) sec. Açik, Murina, Çinar & Ergen, 2005
References
- Saiz Salinas, J. I. (1993 a) Sipuncula from Reunion Island (Indian Ocean). Journal of Natural History, 27, 535 - 555.
- Saiz Salinas, J. I. (1993 b) Sipuncula. In: Ramos M. A. et al. (Ed.), Fauna Iberica, vol. 4, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales CSIC, Madrid, 200 pp.
- Saiz Salinas, J. I. & Villafranca Urchegui, L. (1990). Sipuncula from the Alboran Sea and Ibero- Moroccan Bay. Journal of Natural History, 24, 1143 - 1177.
- Cutler, E. B. (1994) The Sipuncula. Their Systematics, Biology and Evolution. Ithaca: Comstock Publishing Associates, 433 pp.
- Cutler, E. B. & Cutler, N. J. (1996) Sipuncula from the Indian Ocean and New Caledonia. Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 18, 341 - 365.