WoRMS taxon details

Nephasoma (Nephasoma) minutum (Keferstein, 1862)

136060  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136060)

accepted
Species
Golfingia (Nephasoma) minuta (Keferstein, 1862) · unaccepted (subsequent combination)
Golfingia (Phascoloides) improvisa Fisher, 1950 · unaccepted (subsequent combination)
Golfingia (Phascoloides) minuta Fisher, 1950 · unaccepted (subsequent combination)
Golfingia improvisa (Théel, 1905) · unaccepted (subsequent combination)
Golfingia minuta (Keferstein, 1862) · unaccepted (subsequent combination)
Golfingia sabellariae (Théel, 1905) · unaccepted (subsequent combination)
Nephasoma minuta (Keferstein, 1862) · unaccepted (genus gender agreement)
Nephasoma minutum (Keferstein, 1862) · alternative representation
Petalostoma minutum (Keferstein, 1862) · unaccepted (subsequent combination)
Phascolosoma anceps Théel, 1905 · unaccepted (synonym)
Phascolosoma improvisum Théel, 1905 · unaccepted (synonym)
Phascolosoma johnstoni (Forbes, 1841) · unaccepted (subsequent combination)
Phascolosoma minutum Keferstein, 1862 · unaccepted (basionym)
Phascolosoma sabellariae Théel, 1905 · unaccepted (synonym)
Phascolosomum johnstoni (Forbes, 1841) · unaccepted (subsequent combination)
Sipunculus (Phascolosomum) johnstoni Forbes, 1841 · unaccepted (subsequent combination)
Sipunculus johnstoni Forbes, 1841 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Maine to North Carolina  
Distribution Maine to North Carolina [details]
Read, G.; Saiz-Salinas, J. (2024). World Sipuncula Database. Nephasoma (Nephasoma) minutum (Keferstein, 1862). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136060 on 2024-03-19
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
2008-01-04 16:37:03Z
changed
2009-08-06 12:02:30Z
changed
2011-01-10 10:21:04Z
changed

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original description  (of Phascolosoma improvisum Théel, 1905) Théel, H. (1905). Northern and Arctic invertebrates in the collection of the Swedish State Museum. Sipunculids. <em>Kungl. Svenska vetenskapsakademiens handlingar.</em> 39: 1-130, plates 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37126141
page(s): 82, plates 5, 12, 14; note: West coast of Sweden [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Sipuncula, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 178-179 (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]   

status source Cutler, E.B. (1994). The Sipuncula, their systematics, biology, and evolution. Cornell University Press 512 East State St., Ithaca, NY 14850, USA. ISBN #0-8014-2843-2. [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Synonymy Nephasoma (Nephasoma) diaphanes diaphanes (Gerould, 1913) and Nephasoma (Nephasoma) minutum (Keferstein, 1862) are two different species which can be differentiated when you have ripe specimens in the sample.
The first species is dioecious, whereas the second is hermaphroditic. Cutler also used as a criterion the origin of the sample: deep-water for the first vs. shallow water for the 2nd species. And the 1st species is almost cosmopolitan whereas the 2nd species is restricted to NE Atlantic waters. Otherwise both species are difficult to separate since they share the same morphological characters

Murina & Sorensen (2004) pp. 285-6 did not accept the proposal of Cutler (1994) and both names were considered as synonymous by them.

In general: WoRMS is following Cutler (1994) proposals. [details]

From other sources
Distribution Maine to North Carolina [details]

Habitat coastal to shelf [details]