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Holothuria (Thymiosycia) gracilis Semper, 1868 
AphiaID: 210870

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Aspidochirotida (Order) > Holothuriidae (Family) > Holothuria (Genus) > Holothuria (Thymiosycia) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Holothuria (Thymiosycia) Pearson, 1914
Sources  original description: Semper, C. (1868). Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Erster Band. Holothurien. Hefte iv. and v: Unpaginated. [details]

basis of record: Cherbonnier, G. (1988). Echinodermes: Holothurides. Faune de Madagascar 70. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details]
Madagascar [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Notes  Description: Also distributed in Philippine and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, detritus feeder, deposit feeder. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, shallow waters (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Remark: In Subgenus (Thymiosycia) Pearson, 1914. Syntype Zoologisches Museum für Hamburg, Hamburg (germany) E.2559. Type locality: Bohol, Philippines (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210870
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-22 11:53:36Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-22 07:17:05Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2007-07-03 13:16:59Z  changed  Appeltans, Ward
2010-10-08 06:02:59Z  checked  Paulay, Gustav
  
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  Citation: Paulay, G. (2013). Holothuria (Thymiosycia) gracilis Semper, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210870 on 2013-05-19
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