Sipunculus robustus

Sipunculus robustus is a species of unsegmented benthic marine worm in the phylum Sipuncula, the peanut worms.

Sipunculus robustus
Scientific classification
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Genus:
Sipunculus
Species:
S. robustus
Binomial name
Sipunculus robustus
Keferstein, 1865[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Sipunculus angasi Edmonds, 1955
  • Sipunculus angasii Baird, 1868
  • Sipunculus gravieri Hérubel, 1904
  • Sipunculus robustus Keferstein, 1865

Distribution

This peanut worm is found in the northwestern Indian Ocean and the Red Sea, but not the Mediterranean Sea, and also it is found on the Atlantic side of Central America, but not on the Pacific side.[2]

References

  1. Saiz-Salinas, José (2009). "Sipunculus (Sipunculus) robustus Keferstein, 1865". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  2. Cutler, Edward B. (2018). The Sipuncula: Their Systematics, Biology, and Evolution. Cornell University Press. p. 370. ISBN 978-1-5017-2364-3.
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