WoRMS taxon details
original description
Selenka, E. (1867). Beiträge zur Anatomie und Systematik der Holothurien. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 17(2): 291-374, pls. XVII-XX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45007590#page/321/mode/1up [details]
original description
(of Holothuria mammiculata Haacke, 1880) Haacke, W. (1880). Holothurien. In: Beitrage zur Meeresfauna der Inseln Mauritsius und der Seychellen bearbeit von K. Moebius, F. Richters und von Mertens nach Sammlungen angelegt auf einer reise nach Mauritsius von Moebius. [details]
original description
(of Holothuria depressa Ludwig, 1875) Ludwig, H.L. (1875). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Holothurien. <em>Arbeiten aus dem zoologisch-zootomischen Institut Würzburg.</em> 2: 77-118, pls. 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34381181 [details]
original description
(of Holothuria pervicax Selenka, 1867) Selenka, E. (1867). Beiträge zur Anatomie und Systematik der Holothurien. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 17(2): 291-374, pls. XVII-XX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45007590#page/321/mode/1up [details]
basis of record
Tortonese, E. (1980). Researches on the coast of Somalia. Littoral Echinodermata. Monitore zoologico italiano NS Supplemento XIII 5: 99-139. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
From other sources
Description General distribution: from the Red Sea to Hawaii (Tortonese, 1980); tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-20 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Also distributed in Sandwich Is. (Selenka, 1867); SE Arabia, Maldive area, Ceylon, East Indies, north Australia, Phillippine, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, detritus feeder, deposit feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Remark In Subgenus (Mertensiothuria) Deichmann, 1958 in Tortonese (1980); in Subgenus (Stauropora) Rowe, 1969 in Rowe & Gates (1995). Selenka described the species on the basis of material from Zanzibar and from Hawaii ('Sandwich Islands'). According to Cherbonnier (1951) it is very well possible that the material from the two localities belongs to two different species.
Lectotypes and paralectotypes Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) No. 1424. Type locality: Zanzibar (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
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