Cloeosiphon aspergillus (de Quatrefages, 1865)

Acd, 2000, Sipuncula from Hainan Island (China), Journal of Natural History 34, pp. 2187-2207 : 2204-2207

Cloeosiphon aspergillus (de Quatrefages, 1865)

Material. Xiadonghai Bay , 18 March 1992, one specimen ; Yezhu Island , 26 March 1992, one specimen .

Description. Trunk 33 mm long and 4 mm wide. Introvert shorter than the trunk length (about 15 mm long). The anterior end is covered with a white shield of polygonal calcareous units, each of which has a dark central spot. Bidentate hooks in rings, 85 m m tall, exhibit an irregular and complicated internal clear area (®gure 9e). Longitudinal musculature continuous; two short retractor muscles present.

Discussion. This is one of the most distinctive species of sipunculans, as a result of its characteristic white calci®ed shield. The species exhibits a wide tropical Indo- Paci®c distribution with frequent records from numerous places in these oceans, its

range reaching as far as the coasts of Africa to the West and the Hawaii Islands to the East. It has been previously recorded close to Hainan Island, in several localities in Indochina by Leroy (1942), the Xisha Islands by Li (1982), Vietnam by Murina (1989) and the South China Sea by Li et al. (1992b). The specimens of this collection represent the ®rst records from Hainan Island.

Conclusion

The collection, which consists of 271 specimens, encompasses a total of 17

species, belonging to eight genera and ®ve families. Hence, it can be considered to

be a relatively rich collection of sipunculan species. Prior to our work, 11 species of

sipunculans had been recorded from Hainan (Chen, 1963; Li, 1983, 1984, 1985a,

1989; Li et al., 1993). Taking into account the 17 species identi®ed in the present

study (of which 10 are new records), the Hainan sipunculan fauna now includes 21

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