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Plesiocolochirus dispar (Lampert, 1889)

214605  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214605)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Echinozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Holothuroidea (Class)
  6. Actinopoda (Subclass)
  7. Dendrochirotida (Order)
  8. Cucumariidae (Family)
  9. Plesiocolochirus (Genus)
  10. Plesiocolochirus dispar (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Colochirus dispar Lampert, 1889) Lampert, K., 1889. Die wärhend der Expedition SMS. GAZELLE 1872-1874 von Pr. Dr. Studer gesammelten Holothurien. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Bd. 15. 4(4): 806–858. [details] 
Distribution Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, suspension feeder. General distribution:...  
Distribution Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, suspension feeder. General distribution: tropical, Indian Ocean, (Somali coast), (Indo-Malayan Region), depth range 0-20 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
WoRMS (2025). Plesiocolochirus dispar (Lampert, 1889). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214605 on 2025-05-12
Date
action
by
2000-09-01 10:54:00Z
created
Garcia, Maria
2000-09-29 13:20:33Z
changed
Garcia, Maria
2007-06-30 22:04:43Z
changed
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-10-14 14:14:05Z
changed
Paulay, Gustav

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Nomenclature

original description (of Pentacta trimorpha Clark, 1921) Clark, H. L. (1921). The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait: its composition and its origin. <em>Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institute.</em> 10: vi + 223, 38 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14515937 [details] 

original description (of Colochirus dispar Lampert, 1889) Lampert, K., 1889. Die wärhend der Expedition SMS. GAZELLE 1872-1874 von Pr. Dr. Studer gesammelten Holothurien. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Bd. 15. 4(4): 806–858. [details] 

original description (of Cucumaria gravieri Vaney, 1905) Vaney, C. (1905). Holothuries receuillis par M. Ch. Gravier sur la cote francaise des Somalis. Bull. Mus. natn Hist. nat. Paris 11: 186-190. [details] 

basis of record Cherbonnier, G. (1988). Échinodermes: Holothurides. Faune de Madagascar. <em>Paris, Publicé sous les auspices du Gouvernment de la République Malgache, Éditions de l'ORSTOM.</em> 70: 1-292. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp. [details] 

Other

additional source Vaney, C. (1905). Holothuries receuillis par M. Ch. Gravier sur la cote francaise des Somalis. Bull. Mus. natn Hist. nat. Paris 11: 186-190. [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Distribution Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, suspension feeder. General distribution: tropical, Indian Ocean, (Somali coast), (Indo-Malayan Region), depth range 0-20 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Remark Syntypes in ?Stadtliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart (Germany) (3 specimens). Type locality: Mermaid Strait, northwest Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
    Definitions

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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pentacta trimorpha Clark, 1921)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Colochirus dispar Lampert, 1889)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) 
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