Aspidosiphonidae is a family of peanut worms. It is the only family in the monotypic order Aspidosiphonida, which is in the class Phascolosomatidea.[1][2][3][4][5]
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| Aspidosiphon steenstrupii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Class: | Sipuncula |
| Order: | Aspidosiphonida |
| Family: | Aspidosiphonidae Quatrefages, 1865 |
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Description
editThe family Aspidosiphonidae is characterized by an oval disk with short tentacles, arranged in a crescent-shape made of an enclosed nuchal organ. It has a canal of sacs in the coelom, lying in a continuous band. The anal and caudal shield (at the anterior end) are both made up, not of chitin, but of a horny protein. It is of note that most, but not all, of the Aspidosiphonidae family has a caudal shield. The family also has two nephridia.[1][2][4][5]
Species
editAspidosiphon
edit- Aspidosiphon albus Murina, 1967[4][5][6]
- Aspidosiphon coyi de Quatrefages, 1865[4][5]
- Aspidosiphon elegans (Chamisso and Eysenhardt, 1821)[4][5]
- Aspidosiphon exiguus Edmonds 1974[4][5]
- Aspidosiphon fischeri Broeke, A. ten, 1925[4][5]
- Aspidosiphon gosnoldi Cutler, E., 1981[4][5]
- Aspidosiphon gracilis (Baird, 1868)[4][5]
- Aspidosiphon laevis de Quatrefages, 1865[4][5]
- Aspidosiphon mexicanus Murina, 1967[4][5]
- Aspidosiphon misakiensis Ikeda 1904[4][5]
- Aspidosiphon muelleri Diesing 1851[4][5]
- Aspidosiphon parvulus Gerould, 1913[4][5][6]
- Aspidosiphon planoscutatus Murina, 1968[4][5]
- Aspidosiphon spiralis Sluiter, 1902[4][5][6]
- Aspidosiphon steenstrupii Diesing, 1859[4][5]
- Aspidosiphon tenuis Sluiter, 1886[4][5]
- Aspidosiphon thomassini Cutler and Cutler, 1979[4][5]
- Aspidosiphon venabulum Selenka & Bulow, 1883[4][5]
- Aspidosiphon zinni Cutler, 1969[4][5][6]
Cloeosiphon
edit- Cloeosiphon aspergillus (de Quatrefages, 1865)[4][5]
Lithacrosiphon
edit- Lithacrosiphon cristatus (Sluiter, 1902)[4][5]
- Lithacrosiphon maldivensis Shipley 1902[4][5]
References
edit- ^ a b Gibbs, P.E. (1977): British sipunculans. Academic Press. London. 35p. ISBN 0-12-282050-9
- ^ a b Ditadi, A.S.F. & Migotto, A.E. (1982): O Filo Sipuncula. Concelho Nacional de Desemvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico CNPq Brasilia. 43p.
- ^ Cutler, Edward B. & Gibbs, Peter E. (1985): A Phylogenetic analysis of higher taxa in the Phylum Sipuncula. Systematic Zoology 34(2):162-173.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Cutler, Edward B. & Cutler, Norma J (1989): A revision of the genus Aspidosiphon (Sipuncula: Aspidosiphonidaea). Proceedings of Biological Society of Washington 102(4):826-865 Bistor
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Cutler, Edward B. (1994): The Sipuncula: their systematic, biology and evolution. 406p ISBN 0-8014-2843-2 Google Books
- ^ a b c d Cutler, Edward B. (1973): Sipuncula of the Western North Atlantic. Bulletin of American Museum of Natural History 152(3)103-201. New York.
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