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Stichopus herrmanni Semper, 1868 
AphiaID: 210906

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Aspidochirotida (Order) > Stichopodidae (Family) > Stichopus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Stichopus Brandt, 1835
Synonymised
taxa		  Stichopus variegatus hermanni Semper, 1868
 Stichopus variegatus var. herrmanni Semper, 1868
Sources  basis of record: Massin, C. (1999). Reef-dwelling Holothuroidea (Echinodermata) of the Spermonde Archipelago (South-West Sulawesi, Indonesia). Zoologische Verhandelingen 329, Leiden. 144 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

from synonym: Semper, C. (1868). Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Erster Band. Holothurien. Hefte iv. and v: Unpaginated. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Kenya [details]
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Notes  Distribution: Distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-20 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); widespread indo-West Pacific (Massin, 1999).
Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, detritus feeder, deposit feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Remark: See remark under S. variegatus. S. hermanni (new status assignment) in Rowe & Gates (1995).
Stichopus variegatus hermanni is the original combination. Syntypes whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: Philippines and Samoa (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210906
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2000-06-13 20:05:52Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-22 07:17:05Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2010-10-14 14:30:08Z  checked  Paulay, Gustav
  
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  Citation: Paulay, G. (2013). Stichopus herrmanni Semper, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210906 on 2013-05-20
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