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

Aspidosiphon (Akrikos) mexicanus (Murina, 1967)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Golfingia Lankester, 1885

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aspidosiphon*	Diesing, 1851	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Golfingia mexicanus*	Murina, 1967	orthographic variant

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	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
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.
additional source	Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 43: 419-453.
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	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.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Saiz-Salinas, J. (2025). World Sipuncula Database. Aspidosiphon (Akrikos) mexicanus (Murina, 1967). 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:136035