WoRMS taxon details

Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) fuscorubra Théel, 1886

210889  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210889)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
WoRMS (2024). Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) fuscorubra Théel, 1886. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210889 on 2024-04-29
Date
action
by
1999-05-30 21:23:51Z
created
2000-09-22 07:17:05Z
changed
Garcia, Maria
2007-07-03 13:16:59Z
changed
2010-10-14 14:30:08Z
checked

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original description  (of Holothuria fusco-rubra Théel, 1886) Théel, H. (1886). Report on the Holothurioidea collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873-76. Part II. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 14 (part 39): 1-290, pl. 1-16., available online at http://19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-39/htm/doc.html [details]   

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

source of synonymy Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia'.</em> 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne). [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
From other sources
Ecology Ecology: benthic, inshore, detritus feeder, deposit feeder. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific, shallow waters (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Remark In Subgenus (Mertensiothuria) Deichmann, 1958. Holotype Natural History Museum, London (England) 1886.10.2.173. Type locality: Hawaiian Ils (as 'Sandwich Islands') (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Synonymy According to Deichmann (1948) <234> Holothuria fuscorubra is a junior synonym of Holothuria leucospilota (brandt, 1835) [details]