WoRMS name details
Golfingia margaritacea margaritacea (Sars, 1851)
159920 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159920)
unaccepted (subsequent combination)
Subspecies
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), lower St. Lawrence estuary; Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of...
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]
Read, G.; Saiz-Salinas, J. (2024). World Sipuncula Database. Golfingia margaritacea margaritacea (Sars, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159920 on 2024-04-26
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basis of record
Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Cutler, E.B. (2009). Phylum Sipuncula: peanut worms, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 302-307. [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
[request] additional source Cutler, E.B. (2009). Phylum Sipuncula: peanut worms, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 302-307. [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
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]
