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WoRMS taxon details

Thalassema antarcticum Stephen, 1941

AphiaID

234515 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234515)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Thalassema Pallas, 1774

Original name

Thalassema antarcticum Stephen, 1941

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Stephen, A. C. (1941). The Echiuridae, Sipunculidae and Priapulidae collected by the ships of the Discovery Committee during the years 1926 to 1937. <em>Discovery Reports.</em> 21: 235–260, plates VII, VIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5627915
page(s): 248. [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2026). Thalassema antarcticum Stephen, 1941. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234515 on 2026-07-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-11-23 15:46:51Z

created

Charbonneau, Danny

2008-01-04 16:37:03Z

changed

van der Land, Jacob

2008-08-08 08:28:57Z

checked

Murina, Galina Vansetti

2017-12-14 11:02:15Z

changed

Tanaka, Masaatsu

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Stephen, A. C. (1941). The Echiuridae, Sipunculidae and Priapulidae collected by the ships of the Discovery Committee during the years 1926 to 1937. <em>Discovery Reports.</em> 21: 235–260, plates VII, VIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5627915
page(s): 248. [details]

basis of record Saiz Salinas J.I. (1996). Echiura from South Shetland Islands together with a review of its geographic distribution in the Antarctic Ocean. Polar Biology, 16, 5, 363-370., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s003000050066 [details]

Other

additional source Murina, Vantsetti. List of Echiura. [details]

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