WoRMS name details
Phascolion (Phascolion) strombus (Montagu, 1804)
175043 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:175043)
alternative representation
Species
Phascolion strombus (Montagu, 1804) · alternative representation
- Subspecies Phascolion (Phascolion) strombus cronullae Edmonds, 1980
- Subspecies Phascolion (Phascolion) strombus strombus (Montagu, 1804)
- Subspecies Phascolion (Phascolion) strombus canadensis Gerould, 1913 accepted as Phascolion (Phascolion) strombus strombus (Montagu, 1804)
- Subspecies Phascolion (Phascolion) strombus fusca Gerould, 1913 accepted as Phascolion (Phascolion) strombus strombus (Montagu, 1804)
- Subspecies Phascolion (Phascolion) strombus gracilis Gerould, 1913 accepted as Phascolion (Phascolion) strombus strombus (Montagu, 1804)
- Subspecies Phascolion (Phascolion) strombus hyalina Gerould, 1913 accepted as Phascolion (Phascolion) strombus strombus (Montagu, 1804)
- Subspecies Phascolion (Phascolion) strombus laevis Gerould, 1913 accepted as Phascolion (Phascolion) strombus strombus (Montagu, 1804)
- Subspecies Phascolion (Phascolion) strombus tubicola Gerould, 1913 accepted as Phascolion (Phascolion) strombus strombus (Montagu, 1804)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
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. (2025). World Sipuncula Database. Phascolion (Phascolion) strombus (Montagu, 1804). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=175043 on 2025-04-19
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Nomenclature
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 
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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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | peanut worm | [details] |
| Japanese | マキガイホシムシ | [details] |
| Swedish | snäckstjärnmask | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Phascolion strombus (Montagu, 1804))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Phascolion strombus (Montagu, 1804))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Phascolion strombus (Montagu, 1804))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Dyntaxa (from synonym Phascolion strombus (Montagu, 1804))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Phascolion strombus) (from synonym Phascolion strombus (Montagu, 1804))
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Phascolion strombus (Montagu, 1804))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Phascolion strombus, USNM 170967, dorsal) (from synonym Phascolion strombus (Montagu, 1804))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Phascolion strombus (Montagu, 1804))
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits)
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits) (from synonym Phascolion strombus (Montagu, 1804))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Sipuncula Collection (31 records) (from synonym Phascolion strombus (Montagu, 1804))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Phascolion strombus (Montagu, 1804))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Phascolion strombus (Montagu, 1804))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Dyntaxa (from synonym Phascolion strombus (Montagu, 1804))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Phascolion strombus) (from synonym Phascolion strombus (Montagu, 1804))
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Phascolion strombus (Montagu, 1804))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Phascolion strombus, USNM 170967, dorsal) (from synonym Phascolion strombus (Montagu, 1804))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Phascolion strombus (Montagu, 1804))
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits)
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits) (from synonym Phascolion strombus (Montagu, 1804))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Sipuncula Collection (31 records) (from synonym Phascolion strombus (Montagu, 1804))
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
