WoRMS taxon details
Myriotrochus rinkii Steenstrup, 1851
124446 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124446)
accepted
Species
Chiridota brevis Huxley, 1852 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Steenstrup, J. (1851). Myriotrochus rinkii. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, Kjobenhavn.</em> 1851: 55-60, figs. 7-10, pl. 3. [details]
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern...
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait); western slope of Newfoundland, including the southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle but excluding the upper 50m in the area southwest of Newfoundland [details]
WoRMS (2026). Myriotrochus rinkii Steenstrup, 1851. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124446 on 2026-09-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Steenstrup, J. (1851). Myriotrochus rinkii. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, Kjobenhavn.</em> 1851: 55-60, figs. 7-10, pl. 3. [details]
original description (of Chiridota brevis Huxley, 1852) Huxley, T. H. (1852). Remarks upon some specimens collected and preserved in spirits by Dr. <em>JOURNAL OF PENNY'S VOYAGE IN BAFFIN BAY AND BARROW'S STRAIT IN THE YEARS 1850-51, PERFORMED BY HM. SHIPS LADY FRANKLIN AND SOPHIA, UNDER THE COMMAND OF MR. WILLIAM PENNY IN SEARCH OF THE MISSING CREWS OF HM. SHIPS EREBUS AND TERROR. (Sutherland, PC., ed.).</em> Appendix to Volume II. Pp. 211-213. [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Chiridota brevis Huxley, 1852) Huxley, T. H. (1852). Remarks upon some specimens collected and preserved in spirits by Dr. <em>JOURNAL OF PENNY'S VOYAGE IN BAFFIN BAY AND BARROW'S STRAIT IN THE YEARS 1850-51, PERFORMED BY HM. SHIPS LADY FRANKLIN AND SOPHIA, UNDER THE COMMAND OF MR. WILLIAM PENNY IN SEARCH OF THE MISSING CREWS OF HM. SHIPS EREBUS AND TERROR. (Sutherland, PC., ed.).</em> Appendix to Volume II. Pp. 211-213. [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait); western slope of Newfoundland, including the southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle but excluding the upper 50m in the area southwest of Newfoundland [details]Habitat bathyal and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Spelling Madsen & Hansen (1994) use M. rinki as spelling form.
Type locality = SW Greenland [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Rink's footless sea cucumber | [details] |
| French | holothurie de Rink | [details] |
| Japanese | リンキキクモンナマコ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (49 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Chiridota brevis Huxley, 1852)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI (from synonym Chiridota brevis Huxley, 1852)
To PESI
To The Arctic Traits Database (31 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (58 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (49 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Chiridota brevis Huxley, 1852)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI (from synonym Chiridota brevis Huxley, 1852)
To PESI
To The Arctic Traits Database (31 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (58 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
