WoRMS taxon details
Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma) saprophagicum Gibbs, 1987
266505 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:266505)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gibbs, P. E. (1987). A new species of <i>Phascolosoma</i> (Sipuncula) associated with a decaying whale's skull trawled at 880 m depth in the South-west Pacific. <em>New Zealand Journal of Zoology.</em> 14(1): 135-137., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03014223.1987.10422691
page(s): 135, figure 1; note: Whale skull, north-east of Chatham Island, New Zealand, at 42°56.2' S, 175 32.6' W, 882 m [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 135, figure 1; note: Whale skull, north-east of Chatham Island, New Zealand, at 42°56.2' S, 175 32.6' W, 882 m [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Chatham Rise
, Note Whale skull, north-east of Chatham Island, New...
type locality contained in Chatham Rise [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Whale skull, north-east of Chatham Island, New Zealand, at -42.9367°, -175.5433°(42°56.2' S, 175 32.6' W, 882 m [details]
Read, G.; Saiz-Salinas, J. (2025). World Sipuncula Database. Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma) saprophagicum Gibbs, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=266505 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Gibbs, P. E. (1987). A new species of <i>Phascolosoma</i> (Sipuncula) associated with a decaying whale's skull trawled at 880 m depth in the South-west Pacific. <em>New Zealand Journal of Zoology.</em> 14(1): 135-137., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03014223.1987.10422691
page(s): 135, figure 1; note: Whale skull, north-east of Chatham Island, New Zealand, at 42°56.2' S, 175 32.6' W, 882 m [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 135, figure 1; note: Whale skull, north-east of Chatham Island, New Zealand, at 42°56.2' S, 175 32.6' W, 882 m [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/
note: checklist listing [details]
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]
note: checklist listing [details]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
