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Pseudocnella sykion (Lampert, 1885) 
AphiaID: 212472

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Dendrochirotida (Order) > Cucumariidae (Family) > Pseudocnella (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Pseudocnella Thandar, 1987
Synonymised
taxa
  Cucumaria jaegeri Krauss in Lampert, 1885
Cucumaria sykion (Lampert, 1885)
Cucumaria tegulata Augustin, 1908
Semperia sykion Lampert, 1885
Sources  basis of record: Deichmann, E. (1948). The Holothurian fauna of South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 11 (2): 325-376 [details]

basis of record: Thandar, A.S. (1991). The Cucumariid holothurians of southern Africa with the erection of a new genus. S. Afr. J. Zool. 26(3): 115 - 139. (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: Augustin, E. (1911). Ueber japanische Seewalzen. Munchen Abh. Akad. Wiss. Beitrage zur Naturgeschichte Ostasiens (1906-1909): pp. 44. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Lampert, K. (1885). Die Seewalzen (Holothurioidea). In: C. Semper, (ed.). Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. Wiesbaden (2)4(3): 1-312, 1 pl. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Thandar, A.S. (1987). The status of some southern African nominal species of Cucumaria (s.e.) referable to a new genus and their ecological isolation. S. Afr. J. Zool. 22(4): 287 - 296. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Antarctic Invertebrates
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Notes  Habitat: Habitat: Common under stones, in pools and in rock crevices; adults usually exposed, juveniles cryptofaunic (Thandar, 1987).
Distribution: common under stones, in pools and in rock crevices (Thandar, 1987). [details]

Holotype: Holotype lost. Type locality: Alsoa Bay (Cape Province) [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212472
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1998-08-06 08:08:59Z  created  Fondo, Esther
2000-09-28 07:24:50Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2010-10-14 14:30:08Z  checked  Paulay, Gustav
  
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  Citation: Paulay, G. (2013). Pseudocnella sykion (Lampert, 1885). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212472 on 2013-05-21
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