Golfingia (Golfingia) muricaudata (Southern)

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

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.187023

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5671983

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scientific name

Golfingia (Golfingia) muricaudata (Southern)
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Golfingia (Golfingia) muricaudata (Southern) View in CoL

Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2. A E

Golfingia (Golfingia) muricaudata Cutler, 1994 View in CoL : Cutler 1994: 66, fig. 18E (for complete synonymy).

Material examined. One specimen (NMNS-5928-008), Station D9 (25˚21.04′ N, 121˚36.66′ E), offshore from Bali, Taipei County, northwestern Taiwan, bottom dredge (44 m deep), fine sand bottom, coll. C.-M. Kuo, 1 July 2008.

Remarks. Only two species, Golfingia anderssoni (Théel) and G. muricaudata , in the subgenus Golfingia possess a peculiar caudal appendage, which separates these two species from the remaining nine members ( Golfingia birsteini Murina , G. capensis (Teuscher) , G. elongata (Keferstein) , G. iniqua (Sluiter) , G. margaritacea margaritacea , G. m. ohlini (Théel), G. mirabilis Murina , G. vulgaris vulgaris (de Blainville), G. v. herdmani (Shipley)) of the subgenus known globally ( Cutler 1994). Moreover, G. muricaudata can be distinguished from G. anderssoni by the lack of large bladderlike papillae at the base of the caudal appendage ( Cutler 1994: 66, fig. 18E; present study, Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2. A E). Most G. muricaudata specimens are small (<25 mm in length) ( Cutler 1994). The present specimen was 19.2 mm in length, which is within the common body size range. Although the species is commonly found in bathyal and abyssal depths, some records have been reported from shallow depths (i.e. as shallow as 85 m in the North Pacific, 60–70 m in upwelling areas off Ivory Coast) ( Cutler 1994). The present report marks the shallowest record for the species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Sipuncula

Class

Sipunculidea

Order

Golfingiiformes

Family

Golfingiidae

Genus

Golfingia

Loc

Golfingia (Golfingia) muricaudata (Southern)

Hsueh, Pan-Wen & Kuo, Chia-Ming 2009
2009
Loc

Golfingia (Golfingia) muricaudata

Cutler 1994: 66
1994
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