Aspidosiphon (Aspidosiphon) muelleri Diesing, 1851

Açik, Şermin & Online, Published, 2014, Checklist of Sipuncula from the coasts of Turkey, Turkish Journal of Zoology 38 (6), pp. 723-733 : 732-733

Aspidosiphon (Aspidosiphon) muelleri Diesing, 1851

Description: Body wall thin, semitransparent ( Figure 7E ). Anal and caudal shield black-brown in color and grooved. Spine-like papillae scattered on introvert. Longitudinal musculature continuous. Light brown bidentate hooks in rings followed by scattered unidentate hooks. Retractor muscles attached at near posterior part of trunk. Anus and nephridiopores placed at same level.

Distribution: Northeastern Atlantic Ocean, eastern Pacific Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea ( Cutler, 1994; Açik, 2011), and Indian Ocean ( Saiz Salinas, 1993a).

This paper has compiled all existing species data regarding Sipuncula along the coasts of Turkey and provides an updated taxonomic list for the future studies. In order to better understand the distributional and ecological features of species inhabiting the coasts of Turkey (especially the Sea of Marmara and Black Sea), more samples, including from different habitats (hard substratum, algae, etc.) and depths (deep waters remain largely unexplored), should be collected and investigated.

Acknowledgments

Some data in the present study were extracted from TÜBİTAK projects (104Y065 and SINHA 107G066) and a project funded by the Environmental Protection Agency for Special Protected Areas (Fethiye-Göcek Specially Protected Area).

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Figures

Figure 7. External morphology of species. A) Apionsoma (A.) murinae bilobatae, B) Aspidosiphon (A.) mexicanus, C) Aspidosiphon (A.) elegans, D) Aspidosiphon (A.) misakiensis, E) Aspidosiphon (A.) muelleri. Scale bars: A = 1 mm, B and C = 2 mm, D = 1 mm, E = 2 mm (A–E = Aegean Sea, original).