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Plesiocolochirus dispar (Lampert, 1889) 
AphiaID: 214605

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Dendrochirotida (Order) > Cucumariidae (Family) > Plesiocolochirus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Plesiocolochirus Cherbonnier, 1946
Synonymised
taxa
  Colochirus dispar Lampert, 1889
Cucumaria gravieri Vaney, 1905
Pentacta gravieri (Vaney)
Pentacta trimorpha Clark, 1921
Pseudocolochirus dispar (Lampert, 1889)
Sources  basis of record: Cherbonnier, G. (1988). Echinodermes: Holothurides. Faune de Madagascar 70. (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: 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]

basis of record: Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details]

from synonym: Thandar, A.S. (2006). New species and new records of dendrochirotid and dactylochirotid holothuroids (Echinodermata : Holothuroidea) from off the east coast of South Africa. Zootaxa 1245: 1–51., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/z01245p051f.pdf [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Lampert, K., 1889. Die wärhend der Expedition SMS. GAZELLE 1872-1874 von Pr. Dr. Studer gesammelten Holothurien. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Bd. 15. 4(4): 806–858. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Cherbonnier, G. (1970). Nouvelles especes d'holothuries des cotes d'Afrique du sud et du Mozambique. Bulletin du Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle ser 2 Tome 42 (1): 280-299. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

Environment marine
Distribution Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Somalia [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Notes  Distribution: Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, suspension feeder. General distribution: tropical, Indian Ocean, (Somali coast), (Indo-Malayan Region), depth range 0-20 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Remark: Syntypes in ?Stadtliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart (Germany) (3 specimens). Type locality: Mermaid Strait, northwest Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214605
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2000-09-01 10:54:00Z  created  Garcia, Maria
2000-09-29 13:20:33Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2007-06-30 22:04:43Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-10-14 14:14:05Z  changed  Paulay, Gustav
  
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  Citation: Paulay, G. (2013). Plesiocolochirus dispar (Lampert, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214605 on 2013-05-24
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