Sipunculans and Echiurans of Isla del Coco (Cocos Island), Costa Rica
Author
Vargas, Rita
Author
Kawauchi, Gisele Y.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2557
60
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.196936
a2d81a5c-6c54-40d9-946d-86fa5224d0fd
1175-5326
196936
Antillesoma antillarum
(Grube & Oersted, 1858)
Material examined
. BahÃa Chatham,
April 2008
, one specimen,
24 mm
.
Description.
The body is yellowish-brown with numerous papillae, papillae crowded and longer in the anal region and caudal region. A smooth, white collar region on the introvert just proximal to the tentacles; tentacles with short brown pigment patches. Digitate contractile vessel villi present.
Habitat.
Intertidal, calcareous rock.
Remarks.
This species is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions in shallow waters and is one of the more common species encountered in the intertidal of Pacific
Costa Rica
(
Dean 2001
).
Distribution.
A widespread species in tropical and subtropical regions living in corals and soft rock.