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Sipunculus robustus

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

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Sipunculus robustus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Sipuncula
Order: Golfingiida
Family: Sipunculidae
Genus: Sipunculus
Species:
S. robustus
Binomial name
Sipunculus robustus
Keferstein, 18651
Synonyms1
  • Sipunculus angasi Edmonds, 1955
  • Sipunculus angasii Baird, 1868
  • Sipunculus gravieri Hérubel, 1904
  • Sipunculus robustus Keferstein, 1865

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

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

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.