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Antillesoma antillarum

species of worm

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJul 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ2342538 ↗
Source-derived summary

Antillesoma antillarum is the type species of the peanut worm genus Antillesoma. The genus belongs to the family Phascolosomatidae.

Synonymy

Aspidosiphon mokyevskii (Murina, 1964)

Golfingia (Thysanocardia) mokyevskii Murina, 1964

Golfingia mokyevskii Murina, 1964

Phascolion antillarum

Phascolosoma (Aedematosomum) antillarum Grube, 1858

Phascolosoma (Antillesoma) antillarum Grube, 1858

Phascolosoma (Antillesoma) asser (Selenka & De Man, 1883)

Phascolosoma (Antillesoma) pelmum (Selenka & De Man, 1883)

Phascolosoma (Antillesoma) schmidti Murina, 1975

Phascolosoma (Rueppellisoma) gaudens (Lanchester, 1905)

Phascolosoma (Rueppellisoma) onomichianum (Ikeda, 1904)

Phascolosoma (Rueppellisoma) simile (Chen & Yeh, 1958)

Phascolosoma (Rueppellisoma) weldonii (Shipley, 1892)

Phascolosoma aethiops Baird, 1868

Phascolosoma antillarum Grube, 1858

Phascolosoma asser (Selenka & De Man, 1883)

Phascolosoma fuscum Keferstein, 1862

Phascolosoma glans (De Quatrefages, 1865)

Phascolosoma immodestum (De Quatrefages, 1865)

Phascolosoma nigriceps Baird, 1868

Phascolosoma onomichianum (Ikeda, 1904)

Phascolosoma pelma (Selenka & De Man, 1883)

Phascolosoma pelmum (Selenka & De Man, 1883)

Phascolosoma similis (Chen & Yeh, 1958)

Phymosoma antillarum (Grube, 1858)

Phymosoma asser Selenka & De Man, in Selenka, de Man & Bülow, 1883

Phymosoma onomichianum Ikeda, 1904

Phymosoma pelma Selenka & De Man, in Selenka, de Man & Bülow, 1883

Physcosoma antillarum (Grube, 1858)

Physcosoma asser (Selenka & De Man, 1883)

Physcosoma gaudens Lanchester, 1905

Physcosoma onomichianum (Ikeda, 1904)

Physcosoma pelma (Selenka & De Man, 1883)

Physcosoma similis Chen & Yeh, 1958

Physcosoma weldonii Shipley, 1892

Sipunculus (Aedematosomum) glans De Quatrefages, 1865

Sipunculus (Aedematosomum) immodestus De Quatrefages, 1865

Distribution

This species is considered a cosmopolitan species. They are widespread in tropical and subtropical waters. It has been reported in the western Atlantic and the Caribbean from Florida to Brazil, in the eastern Atlantic in Sierra Leone.

Habitat

Antillesoma antillarum has been found inhabiting mollusc shell middens. They accompany and associate with the following species of sipunculids: Aspidosiphon albus, A. Parvulus, A. fischeri, Temistes lageniformis, y Nephasoma pellucidum.

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“Antillesoma antillarum” enters the record as species of worm. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Antillesoma, antillarum and species can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1964, 1858, 1883, 1975—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Antillesoma, antillarum and species.
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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2342538. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1964, 1858, 1883 and 1975.

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This entry incorporates text from “Antillesoma antillarum” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.