The geographic distribution of echiurans in the Atlantic Ocean (Phylum Echiura)
Author
Biseswar, Ramlall
text
Zootaxa
2009
2222
17
30
journal article
40586
10.5281/zenodo.190138
5a2b24d7-5527-4650-96a4-1404035191d2
1175-5326
190138
Family
Bonelliidae
Description.
Echiurans with marked sexual dimorphism. Female with sac-like trunk with a proboscis that may be either truncate or bifid; gonoducts usually one or two; ventral setae, usually either two or absent; anal vesicles usually branched. Male, usually minute, degenerate and parasitic in or on the female.
The zoogeographical composition and bathymetric range of the bonelliids from the Atlantic are given in Table 1. The localities in the Atlantic where the different species of bonelliids have been collected are indicated in maps 1–3.