Zoogeography of the echiuran fauna of the East Pacific Ocean (Phylum: Echiura)
Author
Biseswar, Ramlall
text
Zootaxa
2012
3479
69
76
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.282351
b91f67d2-9672-4546-bc03-a70a0c4422fe
1175-5326
282351
D097E1C5-37F3-45F7-8022-3C063B2A667D
Family
Bonelliidae
Description.
Echiurans with marked sexual dimorphism. Female with cylindrical or sausage-shaped trunk with a proboscis that may be either truncate or bifid; gonoducts usually single or paired; ventral setae usually either two or absent; anal vesicles usually branched. Male minute, parasitic in or on the female.
Genus
Alomasoma
Zenkevitch, 1958
Description.
Female. Proboscis truncate; two gonoducts each with a basal gonostome. The two gonoducts open into a common duct with a single pore. Anal vesicles broom-like, with a great number of separate branches. Ventral setae may or may not be present.
Alomasoma belyaevi
Zenkevitch, 1964
Description.
Female. Proboscis up to
11 mm
long, with small lobe at anterior end. Trunk
49–75 mm
long, brown in colour and opaque. Ventral setae absent. Gonoducts one pair, opening into common duct with single genital pore; gonostomes basal in position. Anal vesicles tubular sacs covered with many long tubules.
Genus
Prometor
Fisher, 1948
Description.
Female. Proboscis long, ribbon-like, not bifid but truncate, the lateral margins fusing at the base to form a funnel that leads to the mouth. Two ventral setae. Gonoducts one pair with a specialized basal portion into which the large fan-shaped, bilabiate gonostome opens; a single common genital pore. Anal vesicles unbranched sacs with a large number of excretory tubules with apical ciliated funnels.