Antillesoma mexicanum

Antillesoma mexicanum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Phascolosomatiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Sipuncula Classis: Phascolosomatidea Ordo: Phascolosomatiformes

Familia: Phascolosomatidae
Genus: Antillesoma
Species: Antillesoma mexicanum

Name

Antillesoma mexicanum Silva-Morales et al., 2019

Type locality: Panteón Beach, Puerto Ángel, Oaxaca, Mexico; 2 m, in coral rubble, March 30, 2017, collector Julio D. Gómez-Vásquez.

Holotype: UMAR-SIPU 108.

Paratypes:

• UMAR-SIPU 018, 63 specimens.
• ECOSUR-S0288, 14 specimens.
• UNAMCNINV 145, four specimens.

Distribution

Southern Mexican Pacific, from Ixtapa, Guerrero, to Chiapas.

References

Primary references

• Silva-Morales, I., López-Aquino, M.J., Islas-Villanueva, V., Ruiz-Escobar, F., Bastida-Zavala, J.R. 2019. Morphological and molecular differences between the Amphiamerican populations of Antillesoma (Sipuncula: Antillesomatidae), with the description of a new species. Revista de Biología Tropical. 67(S5): S101-S109. DOI: 10.15517/rbt.v67iS5.38934 Reference page.  [See p. 103-106, figs. 2A-B; original description]

Links

• Antillesoma mexicanum in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Antillesoma mexicanum – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Antillesoma mexicanum.
• ION

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