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Gibbs, P. E. (1987). A new species of Phascolosoma (Sipuncula) associated with a decaying whale's skull trawled at 880 m depth in the South-west Pacific. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 14(1): 135-137.
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10.1080/03014223.1987.10422691 [view]
Gibbs, P. E.
1987
A new species of <i>Phascolosoma</i> (Sipuncula) associated with a decaying whale's skull trawled at 880 m depth in the South-west Pacific
New Zealand Journal of Zoology
14(1): 135-137
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Based on a large collection of specimens associated with a decaying whale's skull trawled from 880 m depth in the South-west Pacific off Chatham Island, a new species belonging to the genus Phascolosoma (Sipuncula) is described. The presence of oil droplets within the gut suggests these sipunculans were saprophagic, the first evidence of such a habit within the phylum
New Zealand
Systematics, Taxonomy
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Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma) saprophagicum Gibbs, 1987 (original description)
Chatham Rise for Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma) saprophagicum Gibbs, 1987
Type locality
Whale skull, north-east of Chatham Island, New Zealand, at -42.9367°, -175.5433°(42°56.2' S, 175 32.6' W, 882 m [details]
