Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Order Sipuncula

Phascolosomatidae Stephen & Edmonds, 1972

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Apionsoma Sluiter, 1902
Phascolosoma Leuckart, 1828

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: サメハダホシムシ科

Literature

original description

Stephen, A. C., Edmonds, S. J. (1972). The Phyla Sipuncula and Echiura. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London.

basis of record

Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.

additional source

Schulze, A.; Boyle, M. J.; Kawauchi, G. Y.; Kerbl, A.; Worsaae, K. (2019). Sipuncula. Lobatocerebridae. [Book chapter]. Chapter 6, p177-216 In: Handbook of Zoology [Annelida. Basal groups and Pleistoannelida, Sedentaria 1], edited by G. Purschke, M. Böggemann and W. Westheide. De Gruyter.

Genbank

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Citation

Read, G.; Saiz-Salinas, J. (2025). World Sipuncula Database. Phascolosomatidae Stephen & Edmonds, 1972. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1645

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2022-03-31 by Geoffrey Read

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