Published December 31, 2004 | Version v1
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Golfingia margaritacea Sars

Description

Golfingia margaritacea (Sars)

Sipunculus margaritaceus Sars, 1851:196 –197.

Type locality: Norway.

Remarks: The eight worms assigned to this species are 2–187 mm long and some are damaged or partly decayed. The presence of well­developed tentacles and the absence of hooks, distinct papillae, or other external features characterise this species.

Distribution: Widespread in the Atlantic, Arctic, and Antarctic oceans (80° N to 78° S). In the Pacific Ocean from higher latitudes (>30° N and S) and reports from lower latitudes are from depths> 2000 m. Indian Ocean records are limited to subantarctic latitudes. Reported depth ranges are 1–5300 m, but most have been collected from depths less than 400 m.

Thus these new records supplement previous reports from Australian (Edmonds, 1980 as G. m. adelaidensis) and New Zealand waters (Edmonds, 1960 as G. cantabriensis), and numerous records from the nearby Antarctic Ocean (Cutler et al., 2001).

Notes

Published as part of Cutler, Edward B., Schulze, Anja & Dean, Harlan K., 2004, Zealand species, pp. 1-19 in Zootaxa 525 on pages 6-7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158002

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Golfingiidae
Genus
Golfingia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Golfingiiformes
Phylum
Sipuncula
Scientific name authorship
Sars
Species
margaritacea
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Sars, M. (1851) Beretning om en i Sommeren 1849 foretagen zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken. Nytt Magasin for Naturvidenskapene, 6, 121 - 125, 190 - 211.
  • Edmonds, S. J. (1960) Sipunculids from New Zealand and the Chatham Islands. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin 139, 159 - 167.
  • Cutler, E. B., Dean, H. K. & Saiz-Salinas, J. I. (2001) Sipuncula from Antarctic Waters. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 114, 861 - 880.