African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Cucumaria capensis Théel, 1886

WoRMS name details

Cucumaria capensis Théel, 1886

AphiaID

210667 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210667)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Ocnus capensis (Théel, 1886)

Rank

Species

Parent

Cucumaria de Blainville, 1830

Original name

Cucumaria capensis Théel, 1886

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Variety Cucumaria capensis var. parva Mitsukuri, 1912 accepted as Ocnus capensis (Théel, 1886)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

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]

Type data

Note Cape of Good Hope.

Unreviewed

Type locality Cape of Good Hope. [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Distribution: around Cape of Good Hope.

Distribution Distribution: around Cape of Good Hope. [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Cucumaria capensis Théel, 1886. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210667 on 2025-05-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-10-07 09:04:06Z

created

Fondo, Esther

2000-09-29 13:20:33Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2010-10-14 13:26:43Z

changed

Paulay, Gustav

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Nomenclature

original description 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]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Thandar, A.S. (1991). The Cucumariid holothurians of southern Africa with the erection of a new genus. S. Afr. J. Zool. 26(3): 115 - 139. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Distribution Distribution: around Cape of Good Hope. [details]

Synonymy In contrast to Cherbonnier, Thandar follows Panning's revision of the genera of the Cucumariidae [details]

Type locality Cape of Good Hope. [details]

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)