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Ohshimella ehrenbergii (Selenka, 1868) 
AphiaID: 212479

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Dendrochirotida (Order) > Sclerodactylidae (Family) > Ohshimella (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Ohshimella Heding & Panning, 1954
Synonymised
taxa
  Orcula torense Helfer, 1913
Phyllophorus ehrenbergi Selenka
Phyllophorus frauenfeldi Ludwig, 1875
Urodemas ehrenbergii Selenka, 1868
Urodemas gracile Selenka, 1868
Urodemella ehrenbergii (Selenka, 1868)
Sources  basis of record: Thandar, A.S. (1977). Descriptions of two new species of Holothuroidea from the East Coast of South Africa. Ann Natal Mus. 23 (1): 57-66. [details]

basis of record: Cherbonnier, G. (1988). Echinodermes: Holothurides. Faune de Madagascar 70: 1-292. (look up in IMIS[details]

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: Pearson, J., 1910. On marine fauna from Kerimba Archipelago. 2. Littoral Marine Fauna: Kerimba Archipelago, Portuguese East Africa. Holothuroidea. Proceedings Zoological Society London. 1910: 167–182. (look up in IMIS[details]

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]

original description (from synonym): Ludwig, H.L. (1875). Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Holothurien. Arbeiten aus dem zoolog. zootom. Institut in Würzburg 2 (2): 77-120, pl. 6-7. [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Helfer, C., 1913. Noch enige von Dr. Hartmeyer im Golf von Suez gesammelte Holothurien. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 41: 433–439. [details] [view taxon]

basis of record (from synonym): Vaney, C. (1905). Holothuries receuillis par M. Ch. Gravier sur la cote francaise des Somalis. Bull. Mus. natn Hist. nat. Paris 11: 186-190. [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Selenka, E., 1868. Nachtrag zu den Beiträgen zur Anatomie und Systematik der Holothurien. Zeitschrift Wissenschaftliche Zoologische. 18: 109-119, pl. 8. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Chagos [details]
Djibouti (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
East Africa [details]
Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Red Sea [details]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Host of  Scambicornus modestus (Humes & Cressey, 1961) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Notes  Description: Habitat:In rock crevices or under stones at LWS (Thandar, 1989).
Also distributed in SE Arabia, W India, Pakistan, Maldive area and Ceylon (Clark & Rowe, 1971).
From India, Maldives and Ceylon, round Arabia to the Red Sea and east coast of Africa (Thandar, 1989). [details]

Holotype: Holotype in Museum für Naturkunde an der Universität zu Berlin, Berlin (Germany). Type locality: Red Sea (Thandar, 1989).
O. ehrenbergi in Clark & Rowe (1971). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212479
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-22 11:53:36Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-29 07:24:43Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2010-10-14 14:30:08Z  checked  Paulay, Gustav
  
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  Citation: Paulay, G. (2013). Ohshimella ehrenbergii (Selenka, 1868). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212479 on 2013-06-20
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