Antillesoma antillarum is the type species of the peanut worm 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 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.Cutler, Edward B. (1994): The Sipuncula: their systematic, biology and evolution. Comstock Publishing Associates of Cornell University. Ithaca, New York. 406p
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.
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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