Webb, 1964

Description:
Body about 35x0.1 mm, plus two tentacles usually 0.4 mm long, lacking pinnules. Bridle variable in extent, composed of several separate pieces. Chaetae absent, but the opisthosoma has up to 11 segments, mostly separated by septa and surface grooves, other body regions not delimited by grooves.
Tube transparent, smooth-walled, ringless and tough, up to 134 x 0.13 mm (S. brattstromi-tube).

Habitat:
Tubes attached to rotting wood, old rope, etc.

Distribution:
Hardangerfjorden, west Norway, between 100 and 870 m depth.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Pogonophora
Class Frenulatea
Order Thecanephrida
Family Sclerolinidae
Genus Sclerolinum
Species Sclerolinum brattstromi

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Sclerolinum brattstromi Webb, 1964

Scientific synonyms and common names

Sclerolinum brattstromi Webb, 1964

Knight-Jones, E.W. & J.S. Ryland, 1990. Priapulida, Sipuncula, Echiura, Pogonophora, and Entoprocta. In: The Marine Fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe. (ed. P.J. Hayward & J.S. Ryland). Clarendon Press, Oxford.

Webb, M., 1964c. A new bitentaculate pogonophoran from Hardangerfjorden, Norway. Sarsia, 15: 49-56.

Webb, M., 1964d. Additional notes on Sclerolinum brattstromi (Pogonophora) and the establisment of a new Family, Sclerolinidae. Sarsia, 16: 47-58.

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