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The taxonomy of some little-known Sipuncula from the north-east Atlantic region including new records

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

P. E. Gibbs
P. E. Gibbs
Affiliation:
The Laboratory, Marine Biologica Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth PL1 2PB
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Introduction

Early investigations of the deep-sea fauna of the north-east Atlantic region resulted in many new Sipuncula species being described, notably by such workers as Koren & Danielssen (1877), Théel (1905), Sluiter (1900, 1912) and Southern (1913). Many of these species were erected from single, or few, specimens and some are still known only from the original records.

This paper examines the status of certain species, mostly the seemingly-rare golfingiids described by Sluiter and Southern (see Table 1), the types of which were deposited in the collections of the Irish National Museum, Dublin (INMD) and the Musée Océanographique, Monaco-Ville (MOMV), and presents some new observations and records. The names of taxa follow the classification of Cutler & Gibbs (1985); Nephasoma Pergament and Apionsoma Sluiter, formerly considered as subgenera of Golfingia Lankester, are now elevated to generic rank.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 66 , Issue 2 , May 1986 , pp. 335 - 341
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1986

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