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Citation: Southern, R. 1908 Dublin Marine Biology Committee: a new Irish gephyrean. Irish Naturalist 17: 171-173


Number of Pages: 3

Keywords: Biogeography, Fauna, Gephyrea, Littoral, Marine, Sipunculida, Taxonomy

Abstract: A note is given of the gephyrean Phascolosoma minutum found in Irish waters. Numerous specimens were found under stones near Sandycove, Co. Dublin of this species, which was first described by Keferstein in 1862. The anatomy of this species is detailed, with illustrative plates.