First record of the sipunculan worm Phascolion (Phascolion) caupo Hendrix, 1975 in the Mediterranean Sea

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Published: Apr 4, 2012
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.24
L.M. FERRERO-VICENTE
Department of Marine Sciences and Applied Biology, University of Alicante, P.O. Box 99, E-03080, Alicante
A. LOYA-FERNANDEZ
Department of Marine Sciences and Applied Biology, University of Alicante, P.O. Box 99, E-03080, Alicante
C. MARCO-MENDEZ
Department of Marine Sciences and Applied Biology, University of Alicante, P.O. Box 99, E-03080, Alicante
E. MARTINEZ-GARCIA
Department of Marine Sciences and Applied Biology, University of Alicante, P.O. Box 99, E-03080, Alicante
J.I. SAIZ-SALINAS
Department of Zoology and Cell Biology, University of the Basque Country, P.O. Box 644, E-48080, Bilbao
J.L. SANCHEZ-LIZASO
Department of Marine Sciences and Applied Biology, University of Alicante, P.O. Box 99, E-03080, Alicante
Abstract
Specimens of the sipunculan worm Phascolion (Phascolion) caupo Hendrix, 1975 have been collected for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea, thus increasing the number of known sipunculan species of up to 36 in this area. They were encountered on soft bottoms from the coast of San Pedro del Pinatar (Western Mediterranean). Thirty specimens were collected at a depth ranging from 32.6 to 37.2 m, mainly in sandy substrata with high load of silt and clays. 80% of the individuals were found inhabiting empty shells of gastropods or empty tubes of serpulid polychaetes.
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