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Microthele Brandt, 1835 
AphiaID: 204201

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Aspidochirotida (Order) > Holothuriidae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Holothuria (Microthele) Brandt, 1835
Rank Genus
Parent Holothuriidae Ludwig, 1894
Sources  basis of record: Cherbonnier, G. (1951). Holothuries de l'Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. IRSNB Mem. 2ieme Serie, Fasc. 41. 65 pp, 28pl. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Subgenus Microthele (Paramicrothele)
  » Species Microthele (Paramicrothele) zihuatanensis Caso, 1965 accepted as Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) hilla Lesson, 1830

Species Microthele difficilis (Semper, 1868) accepted as Holothuria (Platyperona) difficilis Semper, 1868
Species Microthele nobilis (Selenka, 1867) accepted as Holothuria (Microthele) nobilis (Selenka, 1867)
Notes  Remark: Type species: Holothuria (Microthele) maculata Brandt, 1835 (=Muelleria nobilis Selenka, 1867) by subsequent designation by Clark & Rowe (1967) (Rowe & Gates, 1995). TaxRems
Type species: Holothuria sanctori Delle Chiaje, 1823. In Subgenus: (Platyperona) of the genus Holothuria with type species: Holothuria difficilis Semper, 1868 [details]

Synonymy: Regarded as a Subgenus: (Microthele) Brandt, 1835 [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204201
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1999-06-18 09:50:15Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-29 13:20:33Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2006-09-25 06:54:45Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2007-07-10 07:31:36Z  changed  Appeltans, Ward
2012-11-15 00:36:24Z  changed  Paulay, Gustav
  
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  Citation: Paulay, G. (2013). Microthele Brandt, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204201 on 2013-05-23
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