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Psolus phantapus (Strussenfelt, 1765) 
AphiaID: 124710

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Dendrochirotida (Order) > Psolidae (Family) > Psolus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Psolus Jaeger, 1833
Synonymised
taxa
  Holothuria phantapus Strussenfelt, 1765 (basionym)
Holothuria phantapus Müller, 1776
Holothuria phantapus Linnaeus, 1767
Psolus granulatus Ayres, 1851 (synonym)
Psolus laevigatus Ayres, 1851 (synonym)
Psolus regalis Verrill, 1866 (synonym)
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]

additional source: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [details]

additional source: Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

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

from synonym: Verrill, A. E. 1866. On the Polyps and Echinoderms of New England, with Descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 10, 333., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37035#page/340/mode/1up [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologica Danicae Prodromus seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum characters, nomine, et synonyma imprimis popularium. Havniae. XXXII, 274 pp., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13268 [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 2): 533-1327, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Strussenfelt A.M. 1765.Beskrifning pa er Sjö-krak, Haf-Spöke kaladt. Kon svenska VetenskAkad. Handl *26*: 256-266 [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Ayres, WO., 1851. Descriptions of Holothuria. Proceedings Boston Society Natural History. 4: 6-7, 11-12, 25-26, 46-47, 52-53, 60-61, 63-64, 69, 70, 143-145, 147-148 [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]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
German Schuppen-Seegurke  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål rød skjellpølse  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk raud skjelpølse  [details]
Swedish röd lergök  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Arctic Ocean [details]
Barents Sea [details]
British Isles [details]
Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details]
Celtic Sea [details]
Clyde Sea [details]
Cobscook Bay [details]
Danish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Denmark [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Faeroes [details]
German Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Greenland [details]
Greenlandic Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
Icelandic Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Kattegat [details]
Manicouagan [details]
North Coast of Ireland [details]
North East Coast of England  [details]
North Sea [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Saguenay Fjord [details]
Saint Lawrence River [details]
Scotland [details]
Shetlands [details]
South Coast of Ireland [details]
Spitsbergen [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
West Coast of England [details]
White Sea [details]
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: subsurface [details]
grazer [details]
Links Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (134 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Authority: (Strussenfelt, 1765) [details]

Breeding: Non-feeding barrel-shaped red larva. February - March [details]

Distribution: In depths of 10 to more than 200 m; small animals llive on stones, like P. squamatus, larger ones live partly buried in muddy gravel. Occurs rather sporadically and seasonally around the British Isles, from the Celtic Sea to the Clyde sea lochs, Shetland and the North Sea. [details]

Distribution: Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), Saguenay Fjord, northern Gaspe waters, lower St. Lawrence estuary, Magdalen Islands (from eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel), Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway), middle North Shore (from Sept- Iles to Cape Whittle, including the Mingan Islands); western slope of Newfoundland, including the southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle but excluding the upper 50m in the area southwest of Newfoundland; Cobscook Bay [details]

Habitat: intertidal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Images 
Psolus phantapus (Strussenfelt, 1765) Jaeger, 1833
Psolus phantapus (Strussenfelt, 1765) Jaeger, 1833
added on 2006-08-09 - author: IMARES ()
qualitystatus: checked by Paulay, Gustav on 2012-09-08 12:41:32

Psolus phantapus (Strussenfelt, 1765) Jaeger, 1833
Psolus phantapus (Strussenfelt, 1765) Jaeger, 1833
added on 2006-08-09 - author: IMARES ()
qualitystatus: checked by Paulay, Gustav on 2012-09-08 12:43:30

Psolus phantapus (Strussenfelt, 1765) Jaeger, 1833
Psolus phantapus (Strussenfelt, 1765) Jaeger, 1833
added on 2006-08-09 - author: IMARES ()
qualitystatus: checked by Paulay, Gustav on 2012-09-08 12:44:03

Psolus phantapus - brown psolus sea cucumber
Psolus phantapus - brown psolus sea cucumber
added on 2010-07-14 - author: Nozères, Claude
qualitystatus: checked by Paulay, Gustav on 2012-11-17 23:57:42

Psolus phantapus underwater
Psolus phantapus underwater
added on 2012-01-06 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Claude Nozères ()
qualitystatus: checked by Paulay, Gustav on 2012-11-17 16:09:54

Psolus phantapus - large preserved
Psolus phantapus - large preserved
added on 2012-05-07 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Claude Nozères ()
qualitystatus: checked by Paulay, Gustav on 2012-11-19 16:13:31
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124710
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2012-09-08 10:40:55Z  changed  Paulay, Gustav
  
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  Citation: Paulay, G.; Hansson, H. (2013). Psolus phantapus (Strussenfelt, 1765). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124710 on 2013-05-19
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