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Holothuria (Halodeima) atra Jaeger, 1833 
AphiaID: 148748

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Aspidochirotida (Order) > Holothuriidae (Family) > Holothuria (Genus) > Holothuria (Halodeima) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Halodeima Pearson, 1914
Holothuria (Halodeima) Pearson, 1914
Ludwigothuria Deichmann, 1958
Parent Holothuria (Halodeima) Pearson, 1914
Synonymised
taxa
  Halodeima atra (Jaeger, 1933)
Holothuria (Halodeima) atra amboinensis Théel
Holothuria (Holothuria) atra Jaeger, 1833
Holothuria (Microthele) affinis Brandt, 1835
Holothuria amboinensis Semper, 1868
Holothuria radackensis Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821
Holothuria sanguinolenta Saville-Kent, 1893
Sources  basis of record: Rowe, F.W.E. (1969). A review of the family Holothuriidae (Holothurioidea: Aspidochirotida). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) (Zool.) 18(4): 119-170 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Bell, F.J. (1884). Echinodermata. In: R.W. Coppinger (ed): Report on the Zoological Collections made in the indo-pacific Ocean during the voyage of HMS Alert, 1881-2. London. [details]

basis of record: Tortonese, E. (1980). Researches on the coast of Somalia. Littoral Echinodermata. Monitore zoologico italiano NS Supplemento XIII 5: 99-139. (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Cherbonnier, G. (1979). Holothuries nouvelles ou peu connues de mer Rouge (Echinodermes). Bull. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat., Paris, 4ieme serie, 1, Section A, no 4: 861-870. (look up in IMIS[details]

source of synonymy (from synonym): Cherbonnier, G. (1988). Echinodermes: Holothurides. Faune de Madagascar 70: 1-292. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

source of synonymy (from synonym): Massin, C. (1998). African Holothurians. Personal Communication. [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Semper, C. (1868). Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Erster Band. Holothurien. Hefte iv. and v: Unpaginated. [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Chamisso Adelbertus de & Eysenhardt Carolus Guilelmus (1821). De animalibus quibusdam e classe vermium Linneana, in circumnavigatione Terrae, auspicante Comite N. Romanoff, duce Ottone di Kotzebue, annis 1815-1818 peracta, observatis Fasciculus secundus, reliquos vermes continens. Nova Acta physico-medica Academiae Cesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae 10: 343-373, Plates 24 to 33., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37020829 [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Saville Kent, W., 1893. The Great Barrier Reef of Australia; its products and Potentialities : i-xvii, 1-387. [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Brandt, JF., 1835. Echinodermata ordo Holothurina. Pp. 42-62. In: Prodromus Descriptionis Animalium ab H. Mertensio in Orbis Terrarum Circumnavigatione Observatorum. Fasc. I: 75 pps. Petropoli. [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Jaeger, G.F. (1833). De Holothuriis. Turici. 40 pp. [details] [view taxon]

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Subspecies Holothuria (Halodeima) atra amboinensis Théel accepted as Holothuria (Halodeima) atra Jaeger, 1833
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Aldabra [details]
Chagos [details]
East Africa [details]
Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Kenya [details]
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mascarene Basin [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
Pacific Ocean [details]
Red Sea [details]
Reunion [details]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
Tanzania [details]
West Indian Ocean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Western Indian Ocean [details]
Host of  Scambicornus batiolatus Humes, 1980 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Scambicornus brachysetosus Reddiah, 1968 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Scambicornus disparilis Humes, 1980 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Calypsarion bilobatum Humes, 1980 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Chauliolobion halodeimatis Humes, 1975 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Lichothuria mandibularis Stock, 1968 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Scambicornus affinis Ho, 1982 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Scambicornus batiolatus Humes, 1980 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Scambicornus brachysetosus Reddiah, 1968 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Scambicornus elegans Nair, 1985 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Scambicornus sewelli Humes, 1975 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Stephopontius typicus Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Chauliolobion foliaceum (Ummerkutty, 1970) (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Scambicornus campanulipes (Humes & Cressey, 1961) (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Scambicornus disparilis Humes, 1980 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Scambicornus idoneus (Humes & Cressey, 1961) (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Scambicornus modestus (Humes & Cressey, 1961) (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Scambicornus serendibicus (Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903) (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Scambicornus subtilis (Humes & Cressey, 1961) (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Scambicornus gracilis Nair, 1985 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
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Notes  Description: Sometimes accompanied by the polynoid polychaete, Gastrolepidia clavigera, which crawls over its host and matches the host in color (Bakus, 1973).
General distribution: from the Red Sea to Hawaii, Eastern Pacific (Is. Coccos, Clipperton, Galapagos) (Tortonese, 1980); tropical, Panamic Region, Indo-Pacific Ocean, eastern Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-30 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).; widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific (Conand, 1998).
Also distributed in Celebes, Amboina (Selenka, 1867); Florida, Celebes, East Indies and Pacific Islands (Pearson, 1910); SE Arabia, Persian Gulf, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995); India (Sastry, 1996).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, detritus feeder, deposit feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Remark: In subgenus (Halodeima) Pearson, 1914. Type species of the Subgenus: (Halodeima) (Tortonese, 1980).
Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: Sulawesi (as Celebes), Indonesia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148748
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2005-03-29 12:14:34Z  created  Appeltans, Ward
2010-10-08 06:02:59Z  checked  Paulay, Gustav
  
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  Citation: Paulay, G. (2013). Holothuria (Halodeima) atra Jaeger, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148748 on 2013-06-19
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