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Pseudocolochirus Pearson, 1910 
AphiaID: 205176

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Dendrochirotida (Order) > Cucumariidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Cucumariidae Ludwig, 1894
Synonymised
taxa
  Koehleria Cherbonnier, 1988
Sources  basis of record: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

basis of record: Pearson, J. (1910). Littoral marine fauna of Kerimba Archipelago, Portuguese East Africa. Holothuroidea. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1910: 167-182. (look up in IMIS[details]

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

from synonym: Thandar, A.S.; Samyn, Y. (2004). Taxonomy of the monotypic genus Koehleria Cherbonnier, 1988 (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Cucumariidae). Zootaxa 652: 1-11. [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa

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 Species Pseudocolochirus unica (Cherbonnier, 1988)
Species Pseudocolochirus violaceus (Théel, 1886)

Species Pseudocolochirus bicolor Cherbonnier, 1970 accepted as Pseudocolochirus violaceus (Théel, 1886)
Species Pseudocolochirus dispar (Lampert, 1889) accepted as Plesiocolochirus dispar (Lampert, 1889)
Species Pseudocolochirus mollis Ludwig & Heding, 1935 accepted as Psolidiella mollis (Ludwig & Heding, 1935)
Species Pseudocolochirus mysticus Deichmann, 1930 accepted as Paracolochirus mysticus (Deichmann, 1930)
Link To ITIS
Note  Authority: Authority given as Deichmann, 1930 in Cherbonnier (1988) and others: Deichmann (1930) thought that the name Pseudocolochirus was only proposed by Pearson in an unpublished letter to Mortesen; she therefore re-erected and rediagnosed the genus (Thandar, 1991).
Type species: Colochirus violaceus Théel, 1886 by monotypy (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205176
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-12-23 14:38:49Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-18 12:45:21Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2007-06-30 22:04:43Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2012-11-17 11:34:41Z  checked  Paulay, Gustav
  
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  Citation: Paulay, G. (2013). Pseudocolochirus Pearson, 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205176 on 2013-05-19
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