WoRMS taxon details
Actinopyga miliaris (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
208949 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208949)
accepted
Species
Actinopyga miliaris var. zamboanganensis Domantay, 1953 · unaccepted (nomen nudum)
Actinopyga polymorpha Saville-Kent, 1890 · unaccepted
Holothuria miliaris Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 · unaccepted (Basionym)
Mülleria miliaris (Quoy & Gaimard) · unaccepted
- Variety Actinopyga miliaris var. zamboanganensis Domantay, 1953 accepted as Actinopyga miliaris (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) (nomen nudum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Holothuria miliaris Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132 [details]
Description Appearance in life: mid brown surface with crached appearance like dried mud, sole white sharply demarcated from brown...
Description Appearance in life: mid brown surface with crached appearance like dried mud, sole white sharply demarcated from brown dorsal surface (Humphreys, 1981).
Also distributed in Australia in Kalk (1958) and Rowe & Gates (1995); Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971).; India (Sastry, 1996).
General distribution: Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958); tropical Inso-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-20 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, detritus feeder, deposit feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Habitat: shallow waters; reef flats of fringing and lagoon-islet reefs, seagrass veds and rubble reef flats (Conand, 1998). [details]
Also distributed in Australia in Kalk (1958) and Rowe & Gates (1995); Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971).; India (Sastry, 1996).
General distribution: Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958); tropical Inso-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-20 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, detritus feeder, deposit feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Habitat: shallow waters; reef flats of fringing and lagoon-islet reefs, seagrass veds and rubble reef flats (Conand, 1998). [details]
WoRMS (2024). Actinopyga miliaris (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208949 on 2024-04-23
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original description
(of Holothuria miliaris Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132 [details]
original description (of Actinopyga polymorpha Saville-Kent, 1890) Saville-Kent, W., 1890. Bêche-de-mer and pearl-shell fisheries of northern Queensland. Queensland Government Publisher, Brisbane. 8 pps. 2 pls. [details]
original description (of Actinopyga miliaris var. zamboanganensis Domantay, 1953) Cherbonnier, G.; Féral, J. P. (1984). Les Holothuries de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Deuxième contribution (Première partie: Synallactidae et Holothuridae). <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle de Paris.</em> 6(3): 659-700. [details]
basis of record Pearson, J. (1914). Notes on the Holothurioidea of the Indian Ocean. II. The sub-genera Argiodia and Actinopyga. Spolia Zeylan. 9 (35): 173-190. [details]
additional source Ludwig, H. (1899). Echinodermen des Sansibargebietes. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Bonn.</em> 21(1): 537-563., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26416428 [details]
additional source Samyn, Y.; Vandenspiegel, D.; Massin, C. (2006). A new Indo-West Pacific species of Actinopyga (Holothuroidea: Aspidochirotida: Holothuriidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1138: 53-68., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.1138.1.3 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Actinopyga polymorpha Saville-Kent, 1890) Saville-Kent, W., 1890. Bêche-de-mer and pearl-shell fisheries of northern Queensland. Queensland Government Publisher, Brisbane. 8 pps. 2 pls. [details]
original description (of Actinopyga miliaris var. zamboanganensis Domantay, 1953) Cherbonnier, G.; Féral, J. P. (1984). Les Holothuries de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Deuxième contribution (Première partie: Synallactidae et Holothuridae). <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle de Paris.</em> 6(3): 659-700. [details]
basis of record Pearson, J. (1914). Notes on the Holothurioidea of the Indian Ocean. II. The sub-genera Argiodia and Actinopyga. Spolia Zeylan. 9 (35): 173-190. [details]
additional source Ludwig, H. (1899). Echinodermen des Sansibargebietes. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Bonn.</em> 21(1): 537-563., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26416428 [details]
additional source Samyn, Y.; Vandenspiegel, D.; Massin, C. (2006). A new Indo-West Pacific species of Actinopyga (Holothuroidea: Aspidochirotida: Holothuriidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1138: 53-68., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.1138.1.3 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description Appearance in life: mid brown surface with crached appearance like dried mud, sole white sharply demarcated from brown dorsal surface (Humphreys, 1981).Also distributed in Australia in Kalk (1958) and Rowe & Gates (1995); Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971).; India (Sastry, 1996).
General distribution: Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958); tropical Inso-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-20 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, detritus feeder, deposit feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Habitat: shallow waters; reef flats of fringing and lagoon-islet reefs, seagrass veds and rubble reef flats (Conand, 1998). [details]
Holotype Holotype Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France) (lost). Type locality: Vanikoro Is. (Santa Cruz Ils.) (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Actinopygia in Kalk (1958). [details]
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Holothuria miliaris Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Actinopyga polymorpha Saville-Kent, 1890)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Holothuria miliaris Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (4 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Holothuria miliaris Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Actinopyga polymorpha Saville-Kent, 1890)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Holothuria miliaris Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (4 records)
