Первые сведения о морских червях сипункулидах и эхиуридах побережья Сомали

Abstract

A collection of sea worms occurring in the Somali littoral waters consists of 9 sipunculoid and 2 echiuroid species. Animals of these two types have never been observed in Somali before. The Sipuncula and Echiura fauna in the Somali littoral has 6 species common with the Zanzibar fauna and 4 species common with the fauna in the Gulf of Aden. Four worm species: Phascolosoma albolineatum, Siphonosoma cumanense korea, Themiste tropica and Ochetostoma griffini, are mentioned first for the Indian Ocean.