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Holothuria (Selenkothuria) moebii Ludwig, 1883 
AphiaID: 210903

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Aspidochirotida (Order) > Holothuriidae (Family) > Holothuria (Genus) > Holothuria (Selenkothuria) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Holothuria (Selenkothuria) Deichmann, 1958
Synonymised
taxa		  Holothuria lucifuga Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Sources  original description: Ludwig, H.L. (1883). Verszeichniss der Holothurien des Kiehler Museums. Bericht der Oberhessischen Gesellschaft für Natur-und Heilkunde 4 (10). [details]

basis of record: Sloan, N.A., A.M. Clark & J.D. Taylor (1979). The Echinoderms of Aldabra and their habitats. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Zool.) 37 (2): 81- 128. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Aldabra [details]
Mascarene Basin [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Notes  Description: Also distributed in 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, shallow water (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Remark: Holotype (probable) whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: Hong Kong (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210903
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 (Selenkothuria) moebii Ludwig, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210903 on 2013-05-22
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