WoRMS taxon details
Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra Jaeger, 1833
AphiaID: 210813
AphiaID: 210813
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Aspidochirotida (Order) > Holothuriidae (Family) > Holothuria (Genus) > Holothuria (Metriatyla) (Subgenus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Holothuria (Metriatyla) Rowe, 1969 | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Holothuria (Metriatyla) Rowe, 1969 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Holothuria (Microthele) tigris Brandt, 1835 Holothuria albida Savigny in Selenka, 1867 Holothuria gallensis Pearson, 1903 Holothuria saecularis Bell, 1887 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
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] from synonym: Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Bell, F. J. (1887). Studies in the Holothuroidea. vi. Description of New Species. Proc. Zool. Soc.: pp. 531-534. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Pearson, J. (1903). Report on the Holothurioidea collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. Rep. on Ceylon Pearl Oyster Fisheries Pt. I: pp. 181-208. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Variety Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra var. versicolor Conand, 1986 (nomen nudum) | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details] Kenya [details] Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Madagascar [details] Mascarene Basin [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Lichothuria mandibularis Stock, 1968 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Scambicornus affinis Ho, 1982 (parasitic: endoparasitic) Scambicornus pectinis Ho & I.H. Kim, 1990 (parasitic: endoparasitic) Scambicornus idoneus (Humes & Cressey, 1961) (parasitic: endoparasitic) | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To Marine Species Identification Portal To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Colour in life: brown with small white spots dorsally, or a few pale blotches, sides becoming pale and sole milky white. Often with commensal portunid Lissocarcinus orbicularis varying from brown carapuce to large brown reticulation on white back-ground, usually 2-4 individuals; also usually with commensal polynoid Gastrolepidia clavigera SCHMARDA (Humphreys, 1981). Also distributed in Celebes (Selenka, 1867); Philippines and Fiji (Pearson, 1910), India (Sastry, 1996); SE Arabia, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-10 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific (Conand, 1998). Ecology: benthic, inshore, detritus feeder, deposit feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Remark: Type species of the Subgenus: (Metriatyla) Rowe, 1969. Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: Sulawesi (as Celebes), Indonesia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210813 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Paulay, G. (2013). Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra Jaeger, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210813 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||||||||
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