'Fauna Ibérica' Series

Volume 4 - Sipuncula

Author(s):
Ignacio Saiz Salinas

ISBN:
Madrid,
1993. 200 pp. ISBN: 84-00-07359-2.

Description

This book is the culmination of a zoological research on this group of sea sipunculid worms present in the fauna of the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands. It includes 35 species grouped in 10 genus and 5 families, diferenciated by means of identifications keys. More than 200 photomicrographies about different anatomical structures conform the main axis of this book, and constitute a useful tool for future determinations of species belonging to this phylum. Each specific name is accompanied by updated and revised synonymies. Biological, anatomical also included.

Contents

• • Introduction
• • Systematic position and geographical distribution of Sipuncula
• • Morphology and adult anatomy
• • Características de las fases no adultas
• • Natural history of Sipuncula
• • Collection, conservation and study methods
• • The Iberian Sipuncula
  • Phylum Sipuncula
  • Class Sipunculidea
  • Order Sipunculiformes
  • Family Sipunculidae
  • Genus Sipunculus
  • Genus Siphonosoma
  • Order Golfingiiformes
  • Family Golfingiidae
  • Genus Golfingia
  • Genus Nephasoma
  • Genus Thysanocardia
  • Family Phascoliidae
  • Genus Phascolion
  • Genus Onchnesoma
  • Class Phascolosomatidea
  • Order Phascolosomatiformes
  • Family Phascolosomatidae
  • Genus Phascolosoma
  • Genus Apionsoma
  • Order Aspidosiphoniformes
  • Family Aspidosiphonidae
  • Genus Aspidosiphon
• • Bibliography
• • Appendix 1. Nomenclature: Synonims and combinations List
• • Appendix 2. Glossary
• • Alphabetic index of taxonomical names of Iberian-Balearic Sipuncula

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