Golfingia (Golfingia) margaritacea margaritacea (Sars)

Hsueh, Pan-Wen & Kuo, Chia-Ming, 2009, New records of sipunculan worms from Taiwan, Zootaxa 2067, pp. 51-61 : 56

Golfingia (Golfingia) margaritacea margaritacea (Sars)

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Golfingia margaritacea margaritacea Cutler & Cutler, 1987: 743 ; Cutler, 1994: 71 (for complete synonymy).

Material examined. One specimen (NMNS-5928-007), Tashi fish market, Ilan County, northeastern Taiwan, offshore trawling (about 200 m deep), fine sediment bottom, coll. P.-W. Hsueh, 7 March 1997.

Remarks. This small sipunculan often has a smooth-skinned, cylindrical body form. It is very widely distributed in major oceans, with the exception of the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Most specimens have been recorded from less than 300 m although the range can vary from 1 to 5000 m deep ( Cutler 1994).

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FIGURE 2. A, Sipunculus robustus Keferstein. B, Siphonosoma funafuti (Shipley). C, Siphonosoma vastum (Selenka and Bülow). D, Golfingia margaritacea margaritacea (Sars). E, Golfingia muricaudata (Southern, 1913). F, Thysanocardia nigra (Ikeda). Scalebars: A-E, 10 mm; F, 2.5 mm. G, Themiste minor minor (Ikeda), H, Phascolosoma arcuatum (Gray). I, Phascolosoma glabrum glabrum (Sluiter). J, Aspidosiphon (Aspidosiphon) muelleri Diesing. K, Aspidosiphon coyi de Quatrefages. Scalebars: G, 5 mm; H – J, 10 mm; K, 2.5 mm.