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Muelleria varians Selenka, 1867 
AphiaID: 213617

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Aspidochirotida (Order) > Holothuriidae (Family) > Muelleria (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Actinopyga varians (Selenka, 1867)
Rank Species
Parent Muelleria Jaeger, 1833 accepted as Actinopyga Bronn, 1860
Sources  original description: Selenka, E. (1867). Beitrage zur Anatomie und Systematik der Holothurien. Der Philosophischen Facultat zu Gottingen in December 1866, als Dissertation vorgelegt.: pp. 291-374. [details]

source of synonymy: Pearson, J. (1914). Notes on the Holothurioidea of the Indian Ocean. II. The sub-genera Argiodia and Actinopyga. Spolia Zeylan. 9 (35): 173-190. [details]

source of synonymy: Cherbonnier, G. (1951). Holothuries de l'Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. IRSNB Mem. 2ieme Serie, Fasc. 41. 65 pp, 28pl. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Environment marine
Distribution Seychelles (not certain) [details]
Notes  Description: Species described in Selenka (1867). [details]

Distribution: Distribution: Viti-Islands, Sandwich-Islands, Gesellschafts-Islands (Selenka, 1867). [details]

Synonymy: Needs confirmation. Can't be a valid species: genus name has been abolished by Pearson (1914). Cherbonnier lists Mulleria [sic] varians, Selenka, under the citations for Actinopyga mauritiana [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213617
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-06-25 13:20:55Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-07-31 07:43:16Z  changed  Appeltans, Ward
2010-10-07 12:33:27Z  checked  Paulay, Gustav
2010-10-14 13:58:07Z  changed  Paulay, Gustav
  
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  Citation: Paulay, G. (2013). Muelleria varians Selenka, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/authority/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213617 on 2013-05-22
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