African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Pseudocnella insolens (Théel, 1886)

WoRMS name details

Pseudocnella insolens (Théel, 1886)

AphiaID

212471 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212471)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Hemiocnus insolens (Théel, 1886)

Rank

Species

Parent

Pseudocnella Thandar, 1987

Original name

Cucumaria insolens Théel, 1886

Synonymised names

Cucumaria leonina var. africana Britten, 1910 · unaccepted

Environment

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

Original description

(of Cucumaria insolens 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]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Pseudocnella insolens (Théel, 1886). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212471 on 2025-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1998-08-06 08:08:59Z

created

Fondo, Esther

2000-09-28 07:24:50Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2010-10-14 14:30:08Z

checked

Paulay, Gustav

2016-12-30 20:01:32Z

changed

Paulay, Gustav

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cucumaria insolens 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 Cherbonnier, G. (1952). Contributions a la connaissance des Holothuries de l'Afrique du Sud. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, Vol 33(4): 469-508. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

additional source 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

Habitat Habitat: Stones, coarse and khaki sand, shells and Phyllochaetopteris debris. Often cryptofaunic but buried in sand; common in dredgings, from intertidal zone to about 40m (Thandar, 1987).
Distribution: south West Africa to port Elizabeth, depth range 0-40 m. (Thandar, 1987). [details]

Holotype Holotype in Natural History Museum, London (England). Type locality: Simon's Bay (Cape Province) (Thandar, 1987). [details]

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (4 records)