African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Pseudocnella sykion (Lampert, 1885)

WoRMS taxon details

Pseudocnella sykion (Lampert, 1885)

AphiaID

212472 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212472)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pseudocnella Thandar, 1987

Original name

Semperia sykion Lampert, 1885

Synonymised names

Cucumaria Jägeri Krauss in Lampert, 1885 · unaccepted

Cucumaria sykion (Lampert, 1885) · unaccepted

Semperia sykion Lampert, 1885 · unaccepted

Environment

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

Original description

(of Semperia sykion Lampert, 1885) Lampert, K. (1885). Die Seewalzen. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. C. Semper. Wiesbaden, C.W. Kreidel. (2)4(3): 1-312. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Algoa Bay

type locality contained in Algoa Bay [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Pseudocnella sykion (Lampert, 1885). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212472 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

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cucumaria Jägeri Krauss in Lampert, 1885) Lampert, K. (1885). Die Seewalzen. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. C. Semper. Wiesbaden, C.W. Kreidel. (2)4(3): 1-312. [details]

original description (of Semperia sykion Lampert, 1885) Lampert, K. (1885). Die Seewalzen. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. C. Semper. Wiesbaden, C.W. Kreidel. (2)4(3): 1-312. [details]

basis of record Deichmann, E. (1948). The Holothurian fauna of South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 11 (2): 325-376 [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]

additional source Pearson, J., 1910. On marine fauna from Kerimba Archipelago. 2. Littoral Marine Fauna: Kerimba Archipelago, Portuguese East Africa. Holothuroidea. Proceedings Zoological Society London. 1910: 167–182. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Habitat Habitat: Common under stones, in pools and in rock crevices; adults usually exposed, juveniles cryptofaunic (Thandar, 1987).
Distribution: common under stones, in pools and in rock crevices (Thandar, 1987). [details]

Holotype Holotype lost. Type locality: Alsoa Bay (Cape Province) [details]

Definitions

To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Cucumaria sykion (Lampert, 1885))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudocnella sykion)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record)