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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHolothuria (Microthele) fuscopunctata Jaeger, 1833 
AphiaID: 210854

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEchinodermata (Phylum) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorEchinozoa (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHolothuroidea (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAspidochirotida (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHolothuriidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHolothuria (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHolothuria (Microthele) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHolothuria (Microthele) Brandt, 1835
Synonymised
taxa		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHolothuria (Holothuria) fuscopunctata Jaeger, 1833
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHolothuria axiologa Clark, 1921
Sources  basis of record Cherbonnier, G. (1988). Echinodermes: Holothurides. Faune de Madagascar 70: 1-292. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From other sources
Djibouti
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDjibouti [details]
Indian Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorKenyan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Madagascar
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMadagascar [details]
Host of  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLichothuria mandibularis Stock, 1968 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Link Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Notes 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDistribution In the tropical Indian Ocean known only from Madagascar; in the tropical Pacific, in the west from Australia and Sulawesi eastwards to Marianna Islands, Palau, and New Caledonia; tropical, Indo-west Pacific, depth range 3-12 m., also in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995); in East Indies (Clark & Rowe, 1971).
Also distributed in Celebes (Selenka, 1867).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, detritus feeder, deposit feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorHomonymy Homonym of H. Quoy & Gaimard, 1830 (Rowe, 1969).
H. fusco-punctata in Vaney (1905).
In Subgenus (Microthele) Brandt, 1835. Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: Sulawesi (as Celebes), Indonesia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210854
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-12-23 14:38:49Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-28 07:24:50Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2007-07-03 13:16:59Z  changed  Appeltans, Ward
2010-10-07 12:53:41Z  changed  Paulay, Gustav
2010-10-08 06:02:59Z  changed  Paulay, Gustav
  
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  Citation: Paulay, G. (2013). Holothuria (Microthele) fuscopunctata Jaeger, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210854 on 2014-03-12
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