Sipunculans and echiurans from the deep Angola Basin
Author
Saiz-Salinas, J. I.
text
Journal of Natural History
2007
2007-12-31
41
45 - 48
2789
2800
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930701782187
journal article
10.1080/00222930701782187
1464-5262
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Onchnesoma steenstrupii steenstrupii
Koren and Danielssen, 1876
Material.
Sta.
EBS
no. 318, two.
Description.
Trunk
2–4.5 mm
long and
1–2 mm
wide. Introvert
3–5 mm
in length and
1 mm
in width. Pyriform in appearance with the posterior end finished in a blunt point. Over the surface of the trunk are conspicuous small wart-like papillae. Several longitudinal keel-like structures on the end of the trunk. A single retractor originates from the end of the trunk.
Remarks.
The presence of small papillae covering the surface of the trunk and the keel-like structures on the posterior end of the trunk are diagnostic for this species. The species is common in the North Atlantic Ocean and is known also in the South Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans at depths of
0–2990 m
. It has been found previously in the investigated area by
Cutler and Cutler (1987)
, but at bathyal depths. Finding our specimens at
5126 m
extends the vertical known range of this species to abyssal depths.