WoRMS name details

Muelleria varians Selenka, 1867

213617  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213617)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Echinozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Holothuroidea (Class)
  6. Actinopoda (Subclass)
  7. Holothuriida (Order)
  8. Holothuriidae (Family)
  9. Muelleria (Genus)
  10. Muelleria varians (Species)
 unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Selenka, E. (1867). Beiträge zur Anatomie und Systematik der Holothurien. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 17(2): 291-374, pls. XVII-XX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45007590#page/321/mode/1up [details] 
Description Species described in Selenka (1867).  
Description Species described in Selenka (1867). [details]

Distribution Distribution: Viti-Islands, Sandwich-Islands, Gesellschafts-Islands (Selenka, 1867).  
Distribution Distribution: Viti-Islands, Sandwich-Islands, Gesellschafts-Islands (Selenka, 1867). [details]
WoRMS (2025). Muelleria varians Selenka, 1867. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213617 on 2025-04-28
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1997-06-25 13:20:55Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-07-31 07:43:16Z
changed
Appeltans, Ward
2010-10-07 12:33:27Z
checked
Paulay, Gustav
2010-10-14 13:58:07Z
changed
Paulay, Gustav
2013-06-14 11:51:00Z
changed
Paulay, Gustav

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Nomenclature

original description Selenka, E. (1867). Beiträge zur Anatomie und Systematik der Holothurien. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 17(2): 291-374, pls. XVII-XX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45007590#page/321/mode/1up [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Pearson, J. (1914). Notes on the Holothurioidea of the Indian Ocean. II. The sub-genera Argiodia and Actinopyga. Spolia Zeylan. 9 (35): 173-190. [details] 

source of synonymy Cherbonnier, G. (1951). Holothuries de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. <em>Mémoires Institut Royal Sciences Naturelles Belgique.</em> 2e série 41(2): 1-68. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description Species described in Selenka (1867). [details]

Distribution Distribution: Viti-Islands, Sandwich-Islands, Gesellschafts-Islands (Selenka, 1867). [details]

Synonymy Needs confirmation. Can't be a valid species: genus name has been abolished by Pearson (1914). Cherbonnier lists Mulleria [sic] varians, Selenka, under the citations for Actinopyga mauritiana [details]

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