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Phascolion (Phascolion) strombus (Montagu, 1804)

175043  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:175043)

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Distribution common on shelf from Maine to Long Island (rare in Bay), ranging in deeper water to North Carolina; common throughout the...  
Distribution common on shelf from Maine to Long Island (rare in Bay), ranging in deeper water to North Carolina; common throughout the Atlantic from the Arctic to the Antarctic [details]
Read, G.; Saiz-Salinas, J. (2024). World Sipuncula Database. Phascolion (Phascolion) strombus (Montagu, 1804). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=175043 on 2024-04-20
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Phascolion (Phascolion) strombus (Montagu, 1804). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=175043 on 2024-04-20
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2005-07-14 08:59:00Z
created
2006-12-13 13:27:29Z
changed
2009-08-07 05:54:56Z
changed
2011-01-11 08:57:28Z
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context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Diet in general, species are either filter or deposit feeders [details]

Dimensions range between 3 and 30 mm [details]

Distribution common on shelf from Maine to Long Island (rare in Bay), ranging in deeper water to North Carolina; common throughout the Atlantic from the Arctic to the Antarctic [details]

Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]

Importance used as fish bait and human consumption in Indonesia and the Indo-Pacific. [details]

Predators fish [details]

Reproduction dioecious and lack any sexual dimorphism; fertilization occurs externally. [details]
LanguageName 
English peanut worm  [details]
Japanese マキガイホシムシ  [details]
Swedish snäckstjärnmask  [details]
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