Aspidosiphon (Aspidosiphon) muelleri subsp. muelleri Diesing 1851

• Main Authors: Açik, S., Murina, G. V., Çinar, M. E., Ergen, Z.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Sipuncula; Phascolosomatidea; Aspidosiphoniformes; Aspidosiphonidae; Aspidosiphon; Aspidosiphon muelleri; Aspidosiphon aspidosiphon muelleri muelleri diesing, 1851; Pacific; Indian; De la Costa; Ramos; Cutler; Ergen; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5659365; https://zenodo.org/record/5659365

Aspidosiphon ( Aspidosiphon ) muelleri muelleri Diesing, 1851 Aspidosiphon ( Aspidosiphon ) muelleri muelleri : Pancucci­Papadopoulou et al . 1999: 92 –93, fig. 35. Aspidosiphon ( Aspidosiphon ) muelleri : Saiz Salinas 1984: 177 –178, fig. 2; Saiz Salinas 1986: 9 –11, fig. 1; Saiz Salinas 1993 b: 135 –140, figs 72 –74, 92c–d; Cutler 1994: 218 –220, figs 55 e, 57 a, 58 a, 60 b–d. Aspidosiphon muelleri : Wesenberg­Lund 1957: 197 –198; Stephen 1958: 133 –134; Stephen & E dmonds 1972: 231–233, figs 26 a–d; Murina & Zavodnik 1985 / 1986: 29–31, fig. 3. Material examined: ESFM – SIP / 97 – 6, T 4, trawl, start: 35 ° 22.9 ' N – 33 °41.0' E, finish: 35 ° 22.4 ' N – 33 ° 39.3 ' E, 12 May 1997, 38– 45 m, on sandy mud with Halophila stipulacea (Forsskål) Ascherson and Caulerpa racemosa (Forsskål) J. Agardh, 1 specimen; E SFM– SIP / 97 – 9, T 8, trawl, start: 35 ° 40.9 ' N – 34 ° 35.4 ' E, finish: 35 ° 40.6 ' N – 34 ° 35.9 ' E, 16 May 1997, 27– 45 m, on sand and Posidonia oceanica , 4 specimens [one individual within a shell of Rissoa violacea Desmarest 1814, one individual within a tube of Vermiliopsis infundibulum (Gmelin 1788)]; ESFM – SIP / 97 – 8, D 1, dredge, 35 ° 22.5 ' N – 33 °05.2' E, 10 May 1997, 50 m, on hard substratum, 1 specimen; ESFM – SIP / 97 – 5, D 3, dredge, 35 ° 20.7 ' N – 33 ° 28.3 ' E, 12 May 1997, 35 m, on P. oceanica , 2 specimens; E SFM– SIP / 97 – 7, D 4, dredge, 35 ° 37.8 ' N – 34 ° 21.1 ' E, 15 May 1997, 35 m, on P. oceanica , 1 specimen; ESFM – SIP / 98 – 19, D 15, dredge, 35 ° 33.8 ' N – 34 °13.0' E, 16 July 1998, 32 m, P. oceanica , 1 specimen; ESFM – SIP / 98 – 16, D 17, dredge, 35 °08.7' N – 34 °00.1' E, 18 July 1998, 120 m, mud, 1 specimen; ESFM – SIP / 98 – 14, K 1, Guzelyurt Bay, 14 July 1998, 5 m, on P. oceanica, 8 specimens; ESFM – SIP / 98 – 18, K 3, Karpas Cape, 18 July 1998, 10 m, on P. o c e a n i c a , 2 specimens; ESFM – SIP / 98 – 17, K 4, Gazi Magosa Bay, 18 July 1998, 4 m, on P. oceanica , 2 specimens; ESFM – SIP / 98 – 15, K 5, Carpas Cape, 19 July 1998, 7 m, on P. oceanica , 1 specimen; ESFM – SIP / 98 – 10, K 5, Carpas Cape, 19 July 1998, 0–2 m, on rocks, 1 specimen; ESFM – SIP / 98 – 11, K 8, Limanbasi Cape, 20 July 1998, 3 m, on Cystoseira crinita, 8 specimens; ESFM – SIP / 98 – 8, K 8, Limanbasi Cape, 20 July 1998, 0–5 m, on rocks, 7 specimens; ESFM – SIP / 98 – 13, K 9, Girne, 21 July 1998, 2 m, on rocks, 1 specimen; ESFM – SIP / 98 – 12, K 10, Malazgirt, 21 July 1998, 2 m, on rocks, 4 specimens; E SFM– SIP / 98 – 9, K 11, Kormakiti Cape, 21 July 1998, 0–15 m, P. oceanica , 5 specimens. Remarks: Body wall thin, semi­transparent. Trunk 1.4–13.6 mm long, 0.6–3.1 mm wide. Introvert 0.7–11.9 mm long, 0.3–1.3 mm wide. Trunk 1.1–2 times introvert length. Longitudinal musculature continuous. Anterior and posterior shields brown­black in colour. Anterior shield semi­elliptical with longitudinally arranged grooves. Caudal shield disc­like with radiating grooves. Longitudinal muscle layer continuous. Nephridiopores located at level of anus. Spine­like papillae scattered on introvert, tending to decrease towards anterior part of introvert; 13–30 µm long. Hooks arranged in rings. Introvert with 30–100 rings. One specimen bearing a pair of black eye spots and 120 rings of hooks on introvert. Bidentate hooks mainly on distal part of introvert; 10–38 µm tall, 15–45 µm thick at base. Unidentate hooks located mostly on posterior part of introvert; 13–35 µm long, 11–40 µm wide. Longitudinal grooves on anal shield numbering 10–22. Radiale grooves on caudal shield numbering 15–19. Some specimens with eggs in coelomic cavity; elliptical; longer axis 63–120 µm in diameter, smaller axis 60–95 µm in diameter. Distribution: Common in the northeast Atlantic, Mediterranean, Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean (Cutler & Cutler 1989). Depth range: 0–1470 m (Saiz Salinas 1986; Saiz Salinas & Villafranca Urchegui 1988). : 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 9-10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.170329 : {"references": ["Saiz Salinas, J. I. (1984) Gusanos Sipunculidos (Sipuncula) de varias localidades de la costa de Portugal. In: Monteiro-Marques, V. (Ed.), Actas do IV Simposio Iberico de Estudos do Benthos Marinho. Associacao de Estudantes da Faculdade de Ciencias de Lisboa, 177 - 188 pp.", "Saiz Salinas, J. I. 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