WoRMS taxon details
Hemithyone semperi (Bell, 1884)
AphiaID: 210944
AphiaID: 210944
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Dendrochirotida (Order) > Phyllophoridae (Family) > Hemithyone (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Hemithyone Pawson, 1963 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Cucumaria pigra Koehler & Vaney, 1908 Cucumaria semperi Bell, 1884 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Cherbonnier, G. (1988). Echinodermes: Holothurides. Faune de Madagascar 70. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: 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] from synonym: Koehler, R., & Vaney, C., 1908. Holothuries recuielles par l'INVESTIGATOR dans l'Ocean Indien. II. Les Holothuries Littorales. Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 54 pps., 3 pls. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] from synonym: Bell, F.J. 1884. Echinodermata. Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. “Alert”, 1881-2, 117-177, 509-512, pls 8-17 & 45. London [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | East Africa [details] Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details] Madagascar [details] Mozambique [details] South Africa (country) [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Encyclopedia of Life To Marine Species Identification Portal To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Ecology: benthic, inshore, suspesion feeder. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-13 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Also distributed in W India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Type: Lectotype Natural History Museum, London (England) 1882.2.22.116 , paralectotypes Natural History Museum 1882.2.22.116 (part) (3 specimens), Natural History Museum 1881.10.26.43-45 (2 specimens). Type locality: Port Denison and Torres Strait, Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210944 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Paulay, G. (2013). Hemithyone semperi (Bell, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210944 on 2013-05-22 | ||||||||||||||
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