Sipunculus nudus

Author
Linnaeus, 1766

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Min Depth
1 meters
Max Depth
54 meters
Overall Geographic Range
cosmopolitan: temperate to tropics
Habitat-Biology
  • burrower or borer
  • infaunal
  • soft substrate (mud; sand; clays)
References

  • Fisher, W. K. 1947. New genera and species of Echiuroid and Sipunculoid worms. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 3218(97): 351–372.

  • Hedgpeth, J. W. 1954. Miscellaneous Vermes. Pp. 419–420 in P. S. Galtsoff, ed. Gulf of Mexico, Its Origin, Waters, and Marine Life. Fishery Bulletin 89. Fishery Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service, Volume 55, Washington, D.C.

  • Murina, V. V. 1967b. Report on the sipunculid worms from the sublitoral zone of Cuba and the Gulf of Mexico. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 54(9): 1329–1339.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Rice, M. E. 2009. Sipuncula of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 803–807 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-05-2024.

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