The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
Physcosoma nigrescens, Keferstein
Physcosoma nigrescens, Keferstein.
Physcosoma nigrescens (Keferstein), Selenka, in Semper's Reisen. Arch. der Philippinen, iv., Die Sipunculiden, p. 72, pl. ix., figs. 130-136. There are two examples of this well marked species, both are well preserved and fully extended. In the larger specimen the body is 2 cm. in length, and the proboscis is about 2·2 cm.