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Actinopyga banwarthi (Panning, 1944) 
AphiaID: 208948

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Aspidochirotida (Order) > Holothuriidae (Family) > Actinopyga (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Actinopyga Bronn, 1860
Synonymised
taxa		  Actinopyga serratidens banwarthi Panning, 1944
Sources  basis of record: Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details]

additional source: Samyn, Y.; Vandenspiegel, D.; Massin, C. (2006). A new Indo-West Pacific species of Actinopyga (Holothuroidea: Aspidochirotida: Holothuriidae). Zootaxa 1138: 53-68. (look up in IMIS) [details]

from synonym: Panning, A. (1944). Die Trepangfischerei. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologichen Museum und Institut 49: 2-76, 40 figures. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Aldabra (not certain) [details]
Madagascar [details]
Red Sea [details]
Specimen  Nontype: MNHN EcHh 5082, locality Nosy-Be (not valid) [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Notes  Description: Also distributed in SE Arabia (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, detritus feeder, deposit feeder. General distribution: tropical, Indian Ocean, shallow waters (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Syntype: Syntypes in Zoologisches Museum für Hamburg, Hamburg (Germany) E.5902. Type locality: Suez, Red Sea (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208948
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-22 11:53:36Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-29 13:20:33Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2007-07-05 12:05:25Z  changed  Appeltans, Ward
2010-10-06 09:23:00Z  changed  Paulay, Gustav
  
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  Citation: Paulay, G. (2013). Actinopyga banwarthi (Panning, 1944). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208948 on 2013-05-24
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