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Holothuria (Stauropora) fuscocinerea Jaeger, 1833 
AphiaID: 210873

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Aspidochirotida (Order) > Holothuriidae (Family) > Holothuria (Genus) > Holothuria (Stauropora) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Species
Parent Holothuria (Stauropora) Rowe, 1969
Synonymised
taxa
  Holothuria curiosa Ludwig, 1875
Holothuria pseudo-zacae Cherbonnier, 1951
Sources  basis of record: Clark, A.M. and F.W.E. Rowe. (1971). Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-West Pacific Echinoderms. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History): London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]

from synonym: Cherbonnier, G. (1951). Holothuries de l'Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. IRSNB Mem. 2ieme Serie, Fasc. 41. 65 pp, 28pl. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Pearson, J. (1910). Littoral marine fauna of Kerimba Archipelago, Portuguese East Africa. Holothuroidea. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1910: 167-182. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Ludwig, H.L. (1875). Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Holothurien. Arbeiten aus dem zoolog. zootom. Institut in Würzburg 2 (2): 77-120, pl. 6-7. [details] [view taxon]

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Variety Holothuria (Stauropora) fuscocinerea var. philippinensis Domantay, 1933 (nomen dubium)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution East Africa [details]
Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details]
Kenya [details]
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mascarene Basin [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Red Sea [details]
Host of  Scambicornus sewelli Humes, 1975 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Scambicornus subtilis (Humes & Cressey, 1961) (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Notes  Description: Colour in life: mid brown above with gnarled appearance (Humphreys, 1981).
Also distributed in Celebes and Amboina (Selenka, 1867); Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan 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, depth range 0-30 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Remark: In Subgenus (Stauropora) Rowe, 1969. Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: Sulawesi (as Celebes), Indonesia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Subgenus (Mertensiothuria) in Clark & Rowe (1971).
Rowe (1969) places H. pluricuriosa and H. pseudo-zacae Cherbonnier, 1951 as a synonym. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210873
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Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-22 11:53:36Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-28 07:24:50Z  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 (Stauropora) fuscocinerea Jaeger, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210873 on 2013-05-21
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