WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Holothuria rugosa 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 triremis Sluiter, 1901) Sluiter, C.P. (1901). Die Holothurien der Siboga-Expedition. In: Weber, M. (ed.): <em>Siboga Expeditie (Uitkomsten op zoologisch, botanisch, oceanograpisch en geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899–1900 aan boord H. M. Siboga onder commando van Luitenant ter zee 1e kl. G. F. Tydeman), Monograph</em>. XLIV: 142 pp., 10 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45380138 [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
Massin, C. (1999). Reef-dwelling Holothuroidea (Echinodermata) of the Spermonde Archipelago (South-West Sulawesi, Indonesia). Zoologische Verhandelingen 329, Leiden. 144 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Samyn, Y.; Appeltans, W.; Kerr, A.M. (2005). Phylogeny of Labidodemas and the Holothuriidae (Holothuroidea: Aspidochirotida) as inferred from morphology. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 144(1): 103-120. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
From other sources
Description Description: skin rather thin, clear yellow-brown. Podia yellow, ventrally arranged in three rows (the median double), dorsally scattered and much smaller. Tables abundant; the edge of their disc usually has some short points; the spire is rather high and narrow, with acute apical points. Buttons without knobs and with 4-6 pairs of holes. Small rods and perforated plates in the podia (Tortonese, 1980).
General distribution: Indian and Pacific Oceans (Tortonese, 1980); tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, shallow waters (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Also distributed in Maldive area, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, detritus feeder, deposit feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Spelling L. rugosa in Clark & Taylor (1971).
Holotype Zoologisches Museum für Hamburg, Hamburg (Germany) E.2625. Type locality: Samoa (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
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