WoRMS taxon details
Golfingia margaritacea margaritacea (Sars, 1851)
AphiaID: 159920
AphiaID: 159920
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Sipuncula (Phylum) > Sipunculidea (Class) > Golfingiida (Order) > Golfingiidae (Family) > Golfingia (Genus) > Golfingia margaritacea (Species) |
| Status |  unaccepted (subsequent combination) | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Golfingia (Golfingia) margaritacea (Sars, 1851) | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Subspecies | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Golfingia margaritacea (Sars, 1851) represented as Golfingia (Golfingia) margaritacea (Sars, 1851) | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] basis of record: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||||||||
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| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: in general, species are either filter or deposit feeders [details] Dimensions: range between 3 and 30 mm [details] Distribution: Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), lower St. Lawrence estuary; Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway) [details] Habitat: bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details] Importance: used as fish bait and human consumption in Indonesia and the Indo-Pacific. [details] Predators: fish [details] Reproduction: dioecious and lack any sexual dimorphism; fertilization occurs externally. [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159920 | ||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Saiz-Salinas, J. (2013). Golfingia margaritacea margaritacea (Sars, 1851). In: Saiz, J. (2013) World Sipuncula database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159920 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||||||||
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