Antillesoma antillarum

Antillesoma antillarum is the only species of peanut worms (Sipuncula) of the genus Antillesoma. The genus belongs to the family Phascolosomatidae.World Register of Marine Especies (WoRMS): Antillesoma antillarum (Grube, 1858) AphiaID: 136075 

 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 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.Cutler, Edward B. (1994): The Sipuncula: their systematic, biology and evolution. Comstock Publishing Associates of Cornell University. Ithaca, New York. 406p  

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

References

 Other website 
 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS): Antillesoma antillarum  (Grübe and Oersted, 1858) Taxonomic Serial No.: 772615
 National Centrer of Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Antillesoma antillarum Taxonomy ID: 210781
 Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL): Antillesoma antillarum

Category:Minor phyla
Category:Annelids