Golfingia (Golfingia) vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
- Dataset
- Soft-bottom sipunculans in Izmir Bay (Aegean Sea, eastern Mediterranean)
- Rank
- SUBSPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Sipuncula
- class
- Sipunculidea
- order
- Golfingiiformes
- family
- Golfingiidae
- genus
- Golfingia
description
Description. Body cylindrical and semi-transparent. Colour light brown. Trunk 5 mm long, 1.8 mm wide. Introvert 2.5 mm long, 1 mm wide. Both ends of trunk with dark brown or black papillae. Papillae on base of introvert 25 – 40 µm height, 20 – 30 µm in diameter. Papillae on posterior end of trunk 30 – 55 µm in length, 17.5 – 40 µm in diameter. Mid-trunk with small, spare papillae; 15 μm in diameter. Introvert with scattered hooks; 35 – 60 µm in height (Fig. 4 A). Intestinal spiral with 14 coils. Two pairs of retractors present. Nephridiopores and anus placed at same level. Pear-shaped nephridia 0.75 mm height, 0.2 mm wide. Nephridia length 15 % of trunk length. Two reddish-black eye spots present. Ecology. In the study area, this species was found on the marine angiosperm Posidonia oceanica at 22 m depth.
distribution
Distribution. Northeast Atlantic, Northwest Pacific and Indian Oceans (Saiz Salinas 1993 a); Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea (Cutler 1994).