Nephasoma (Nephasoma) diaphanes subsp. diaphanes Gerould 1913

• Main Authors: Açik, S., Murina, G. V., Çinar, M. E., Ergen, Z.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Sipuncula; Sipunculidea; Golfingiiformes; Golfingiidae; Nephasoma; Nephasoma diaphanes; Nephasoma nephasoma diaphanes diaphanes gerould, 1913; Weddell Sea; Indian; Weddell; Ramos; Cutler; Ergen; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5659364; https://zenodo.org/record/5659364

Nephasoma ( Nephasoma ) diaphanes diaphanes (Gerould, 1913) Nephasoma diaphanes : Saiz Salinas 1993 a: 541 –542, figs 3 a–c; Saiz Salinas 1993 b: 79 –84, figs 36, 37, 83 a; Saiz Salinas 1995: 313 –315, figs 3 a–c. Nephasoma diaphanes diaphanes : Saiz Salinas & Villafranca Urchegui 1990: 1156 –1158, figs 8 a–h; Pancucci­Papadopoulou et al . 1999: 50–51, fig. 14. Nephasoma ( Nephasoma ) diaphanes diaphanes : Cutler 1994: 93 –94, fig. 20. Material examined: ESFM – SIP / 97 – 3, T 7, trawl, start: 35 ° 40.3 ' N – 34 ° 39.1 ' E, finish: 35 ° 39.7 ' N – 34 ° 37.8 ' E, 16 May 1997, 275– 337 m, mud, 4 specimens; ESFM – SIP / 97 – 2, D 7, dredge, 35 ° 34.4 ' N – 34 ° 26.9 ' E, 16 May 1997, 140 m, mud, 3 specimens; ESFM – SIP / 97 – 4, D 8, dredge, 35 ° 34.8 ' N – 34 ° 38.3 ' E, 16 May 1997, 210 m, mud, 3 specimens; E SFM– SIP / 98 – 5, D 16, dredge, 35 ° 43.8 ' N – 34 ° 37.3 ' E, 16 July 1998, 300 m, mud with shell fragments, 10 specimens. Remarks: Body wall translucent or transparent. Trunk 0.8 (smallest individual)– 7.2 (largest individual) mm in length, 0.3–0.8 mm in width. Introvert 0.3–3.7 mm long, 0.2–0.3 mm wide. Trunk 2–2.7 times introvert length. Introvert with small scattered hooks; 18–20 µm high, 13–15 µm thick at base. Papillae on posterior part of trunk 10–22 µm height. Distance between posterior end of trunk and base of retractors 0.4 mm. Retractors originating from 31 % of the distance to the end of trunk. Nephridiopores at level of anus. Eggs elliptical; longer axis 75–98 µm in diameter, smaller axis 48–83 µm in diameter. Distribution: Cosmopolitan in deep waters (Cutler 1994). Depth range to 5300 m (Cutler 1994). : Published as part of Açik, S., Murina, G. V., Çinar, M. E. & Ergen, Z., 2005, Sipunculans from the coast of northern Cyprus (eastern Mediterranean Sea), pp. 1-23 in Zootaxa 1077 on pages 7-9, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.170329 : {"references": ["Saiz Salinas, J. I. (1993 a) Sipuncula from Reunion Island (Indian Ocean). Journal of Natural History, 27, 535 - 555.", "Saiz Salinas, J. I. (1993 b) Sipuncula. In: Ramos M. A. et al. (Ed.), Fauna Iberica, vol. 4, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales CSIC, Madrid, 200 pp.", "Saiz Salinas, J. I. (1995) Sipuncula of the southeastern Weddell Sea (Antarctica). Polar Biology, 15, 307 - 317.", "Saiz Salinas, J. I. & Villafranca Urchegui, L. (1990). Sipuncula from the Alboran Sea and Ibero- Moroccan Bay. Journal of Natural History, 24, 1143 - 1177.", "Cutler, E. B. (1994) The Sipuncula. Their Systematics, Biology and Evolution. Ithaca: Comstock Publishing Associates, 433 pp."]}