Antillesoma antillarum
Antillesoma antillarum is the type species of the peanut worm genus Antillesoma. The genus belongs to the family Phascolosomatidae.
Synonymy
Aspidosiphon mokyevskii Golfingia (Thysanocardia) mokyevskii Murina, 1964 Golfingia mokyevskii Murina, 1964 Phascolion antillarum Phascolosoma (Aedematosomum) antillarum Grube, 1858 Phascolosoma (Antillesoma) antillarum Grube, 1858 Phascolosoma (Antillesoma) asser Phascolosoma (Antillesoma) pelmum Phascolosoma (Antillesoma) schmidti Murina, 1975 Phascolosoma (Rueppellisoma) gaudens Phascolosoma (Rueppellisoma) onomichianum Phascolosoma (Rueppellisoma) simile Phascolosoma (Rueppellisoma) weldonii Phascolosoma aethiops Baird, 1868 Phascolosoma antillarum Grube, 1858 Phascolosoma asser Phascolosoma fuscum Keferstein, 1862 Phascolosoma glans Phascolosoma immodestum Phascolosoma nigriceps Baird, 1868 Phascolosoma onomichianum Phascolosoma pelma Phascolosoma pelmum Phascolosoma similis Phymosoma antillarum 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 Physcosoma asser Physcosoma gaudens Lanchester, 1905 Physcosoma onomichianum Physcosoma pelma 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 considered a cosmopolitan species. They are 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.
Habitat
Antillesoma antillarum has been found inhabiting mollusc shell middens. They accompany and associate with the following species of sipunculids: Aspidosiphon albus, A. Parvulus, A. fischeri, Temistes lageniformis, y Nephasoma pellucidum.