Antillesoma antillarum (Grube & Oersted, 1858)

Vargas, Rita & Kawauchi, Gisele Y., 2010, Sipunculans and Echiurans of Isla del Coco (Cocos Island), Costa Rica, Zootaxa 2557, pp. 60-68 : 62

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.196936

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6198509

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039D723A-FFDD-D96A-D2A8-FB596938FA4F

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Antillesoma antillarum (Grube & Oersted, 1858)
status

 

Antillesoma antillarum (Grube & Oersted, 1858) View in CoL

Material examined. Bahía Chatham, April 2008, one specimen, 24 mm.

Description. The body is yellowish-brown with numerous papillae, papillae crowded and longer in the anal region and caudal region. A smooth, white collar region on the introvert just proximal to the tentacles; tentacles with short brown pigment patches. Digitate contractile vessel villi present.

Habitat. Intertidal, calcareous rock.

Remarks. This species is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions in shallow waters and is one of the more common species encountered in the intertidal of Pacific Costa Rica ( Dean 2001).

Distribution. A widespread species in tropical and subtropical regions living in corals and soft rock.

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