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Ypsilothuria bitentaculata (Ludwig, 1893) 
AphiaID: 124595

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Dendrochirotida (Order) > Ypsilothuriidae (Family) > Ypsilothuria (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Ypsilothuria Perrier E., 1886
Synonymised
taxa
  Sphaerothuria bitentaculata Ludwig, 1893
Ypsilothuria bitentaculata attenuata E. Perrier, 1886 (synonym)
Ypsilothuria bitentaculata bitentaculata
Sources  basis of record: Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, 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. 336-351 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Thandar, A.S. (1999). Deep-sea Holothuroids taken by the R.V. Africana II in 1959, from off the West Coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., Vol. 105(9): 364-409, 16 figs, 2 tables (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Pawson, D. (2009). Holothuroidea (Echinodermata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS[details]

original description (from synonym): Ludwig, H. 1893. Vorlaufiger Bericht uber die erbeuteten Holothurien. Bull MCZ 24(4) 105-114 [details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

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 Subspecies Ypsilothuria bitentaculata virginiensis (Heding, 1942)

Subspecies Ypsilothuria bitentaculata attenuata E. Perrier, 1886 accepted as Ypsilothuria bitentaculata (Ludwig, 1893)
Subspecies Ypsilothuria bitentaculata bitentaculata accepted as Ypsilothuria bitentaculata (Ludwig, 1893)
Variety Ypsilothuria bitentaculata var. virginiensis Heding, 1942 accepted as Ypsilothuria bitentaculata virginiensis (Heding, 1942)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Icelandic Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mediterranean Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North West Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Antarctic Invertebrates
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
To ITIS
Note  Distribution: Possibly cosmopolitan, 375-3231 m. (Thandar, 1999).
Habitat: green mud (Thandar, 1999). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124595
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  Citation: Hansson, H. (2013). Ypsilothuria bitentaculata (Ludwig, 1893). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124595 on 2013-06-19
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