WoRMS taxon details

Roweia stephensoni (John, 1939)

212475  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212475)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cucumaria stephensoni John, 1939) John, DD., 1939. Two South African holothurians with similar calcareous deposits. Annals Magazine Natural History, Series 2. 4: 321–329. [details]   
Type locality contained in False Bay (South Shetland Islands)  
type locality contained in False Bay (South Shetland Islands) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
WoRMS (2024). Roweia stephensoni (John, 1939). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212475 on 2024-04-25
Date
action
by
1998-08-06 08:08:59Z
created
2000-09-29 10:30:23Z
changed
Garcia, Maria
2010-10-14 14:30:08Z
checked

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original description  (of Cucumaria stephensoni John, 1939) John, DD., 1939. Two South African holothurians with similar calcareous deposits. Annals Magazine Natural History, Series 2. 4: 321–329. [details]   

basis of record Deichmann, E. (1948). The Holothurian fauna of South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 11 (2): 325-376 [details]   

additional source 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]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Habitat Habitat: Wedged in sandy crevicces between stones or in rock pools containing little sand, from LWN to below LWS; sometimes washed upon shore after a heavy storm (Thandar, 1991). [details]