WoRMS taxon details
Afrocucumis africana (Semper, 1867)
210950 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210950)
accepted
Species
Cucumaria africana Semper, 1867 · unaccepted
Cucumaria assimilis Bell, 1886 · unaccepted
Orcula cucumiformis Semper, 1868 · unaccepted
Phyllophorus transvectus Sluiter, 1914 · unaccepted
Pseudocucumis africana (Semper, 1867) · unaccepted
Pseudocucumis theeli Ludwig, 1887 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cucumaria africana Semper, 1867) Semper, C. (1867-1868). Holothurien. In: Semper, C., ed.: <em>Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Erster Band.</em> Leipzig: W. Engelmann. iv + 288 pp., 40 pls. [1867 = pp. 1-70, pls. 1-15; 1867/(1868) = pp. 71-100, pls. 16-25; 1868 = pp. 101-288, pls. 26-40]., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11687 [details]
Description Colour in life: pinkish blue overall (Humphreys, 1981). Colour brown, more or less dark and uniform; two specimens are...
Description Colour in life: pinkish blue overall (Humphreys, 1981). Colour brown, more or less dark and uniform; two specimens are much lighter underside, one of them almost whitish (Tortonese, 1980).
General distribution: western Indian Ocean and from the Gulf of Bengala to Polynesia (Tortonese, 1980); throughout the Indian Ocean, Indonesia and Western Pacific Islands (Thandar, 1989); tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, intertidal waters (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Also distributed in Maldive area, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, suspension feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
General distribution: western Indian Ocean and from the Gulf of Bengala to Polynesia (Tortonese, 1980); throughout the Indian Ocean, Indonesia and Western Pacific Islands (Thandar, 1989); tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, intertidal waters (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Also distributed in Maldive area, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, suspension feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
WoRMS (2024). Afrocucumis africana (Semper, 1867). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210950 on 2024-04-20
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original description
(of Orcula cucumiformis Semper, 1868) Semper, C. (1867-1868). Holothurien. In: Semper, C., ed.: <em>Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Erster Band.</em> Leipzig: W. Engelmann. iv + 288 pp., 40 pls. [1867 = pp. 1-70, pls. 1-15; 1867/(1868) = pp. 71-100, pls. 16-25; 1868 = pp. 101-288, pls. 26-40]., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11687 [details]
original description (of Pseudocucumis theeli Ludwig, 1887) Ludwig, H. L. (1887). Drei Mittheilungen über alte und neue Holothurienarten. <em>Abhandlungen der preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 54: 1-28. [details]
original description (of Cucumaria africana Semper, 1867) Semper, C. (1867-1868). Holothurien. In: Semper, C., ed.: <em>Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Erster Band.</em> Leipzig: W. Engelmann. iv + 288 pp., 40 pls. [1867 = pp. 1-70, pls. 1-15; 1867/(1868) = pp. 71-100, pls. 16-25; 1868 = pp. 101-288, pls. 26-40]., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11687 [details]
original description (of Phyllophorus transvectus Sluiter, 1914) Sluiter, C.P. (1914). Die von Dr. P. N. van Kampen, während seiner Fahrten mit dem Regierungsdampfer "Gier" 1906–1909, im Indischen Archipel gesammelten Holothurien. <em>Contributions à la faune des Indes Néerlandaises.</em> 1(1): 1-28. [details]
original description (of Cucumaria assimilis Bell, 1886) Bell, FJ., 1886. On the holothurians of the Mergui Archipelago collected for the trustees of the Indian Museum by Dr. John Anderson. Journal Linnean Society London. 21: 25-28., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1886.tb00968.x [details]
context source (HKRMS) Wai, T. C., Ng, W. C., Leung, K. M. Y. & Williams, G. A. (2011). Stock and ecological status of echinoderms in Hong Kong: evaluation of effectiveness of marine protected areas using sea urchins as model organism. Final report. Submitted to the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]
basis of record Tortonese, E. (1980). Researches on the coast of Somalia. Littoral Echinodermata. Monitore zoologico italiano NS Supplemento XIII 5: 99-139. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Pseudocucumis theeli Ludwig, 1887) Ludwig, H. L. (1887). Drei Mittheilungen über alte und neue Holothurienarten. <em>Abhandlungen der preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 54: 1-28. [details]
original description (of Cucumaria africana Semper, 1867) Semper, C. (1867-1868). Holothurien. In: Semper, C., ed.: <em>Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Erster Band.</em> Leipzig: W. Engelmann. iv + 288 pp., 40 pls. [1867 = pp. 1-70, pls. 1-15; 1867/(1868) = pp. 71-100, pls. 16-25; 1868 = pp. 101-288, pls. 26-40]., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11687 [details]
original description (of Phyllophorus transvectus Sluiter, 1914) Sluiter, C.P. (1914). Die von Dr. P. N. van Kampen, während seiner Fahrten mit dem Regierungsdampfer "Gier" 1906–1909, im Indischen Archipel gesammelten Holothurien. <em>Contributions à la faune des Indes Néerlandaises.</em> 1(1): 1-28. [details]
original description (of Cucumaria assimilis Bell, 1886) Bell, FJ., 1886. On the holothurians of the Mergui Archipelago collected for the trustees of the Indian Museum by Dr. John Anderson. Journal Linnean Society London. 21: 25-28., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1886.tb00968.x [details]
context source (HKRMS) Wai, T. C., Ng, W. C., Leung, K. M. Y. & Williams, G. A. (2011). Stock and ecological status of echinoderms in Hong Kong: evaluation of effectiveness of marine protected areas using sea urchins as model organism. Final report. Submitted to the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]
basis of record Tortonese, E. (1980). Researches on the coast of Somalia. Littoral Echinodermata. Monitore zoologico italiano NS Supplemento XIII 5: 99-139. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description Colour in life: pinkish blue overall (Humphreys, 1981). Colour brown, more or less dark and uniform; two specimens are much lighter underside, one of them almost whitish (Tortonese, 1980).General distribution: western Indian Ocean and from the Gulf of Bengala to Polynesia (Tortonese, 1980); throughout the Indian Ocean, Indonesia and Western Pacific Islands (Thandar, 1989); tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, intertidal waters (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Also distributed in Maldive area, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, suspension feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Remark In family Phyllophoridae in Tortonese (1980) and Clark & Rowe (1971).
Syntypes Museum für Naturkunde an der Universität Humbolt zu Berlin, Berlin (Germany) (3 specimens). Type locality: Querimba Islands, Mozambique (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Holotype in ?Germany (Thandar, 1989). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ムラサキグミモドキ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (33 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Orcula cucumiformis Semper, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Cucumaria africana Semper, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Cucumaria assimilis Bell, 1886)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (47 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Orcula cucumiformis Semper, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Cucumaria africana Semper, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Cucumaria assimilis Bell, 1886)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (47 records)
To ITIS
