Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Order Sipuncula > Family Aspidosiphonidae > Genus Aspidosiphon > Subgenus Aspidosiphon (Aspidosiphon)

Aspidosiphon (Aspidosiphon) elegans (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aspidosiphon*	Diesing, 1851	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Sternaspis elegans*	Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: トゲタテホシムシ

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Sipuncula, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 178-179
additional source	Rice, M. E. (2009). Sipuncula of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 803–807 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
additional source	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. Mediterranean Marine Science. 11(2): 381-493.
additional source	Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. Mediterranean Marine Science. 6 (2): 63-118.
taxonomy source	Gómez-Vásquez, Julio D. (2024). New records and five new species of sipunculans (Sipuncula) from the central and northwestern Mexican Pacific. European Journal of Taxonomy. 925: 179-219.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Saiz-Salinas, J. (2025). World Sipuncula Database. Aspidosiphon (Aspidosiphon) elegans (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136033