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Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra Jaeger, 1833

210813  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210813)

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(of Holothuria (Holothuria) scabra Jaeger, 1833) Jaeger, G.F. (1833). De Holothuriis. <em>Gessnerianis, Turici.</em> 40 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10588969
page(s): 23 [details]   
Description Colour in life: brown with small white spots dorsally, or a few pale blotches, sides becoming pale and sole milky white.  
Description Colour in life: brown with small white spots dorsally, or a few pale blotches, sides becoming pale and sole milky white.
Often with commensal portunid Lissocarcinus orbicularis varying from brown carapuce to large brown reticulation on white back-ground, usually 2-4 individuals; also usually with commensal polynoid Gastrolepidia clavigera SCHMARDA (Humphreys, 1981).
Also distributed in Celebes (Selenka, 1867); Philippines and Fiji (Pearson, 1910), India (Sastry, 1996); SE Arabia, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-10 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific (Conand, 1998).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, detritus feeder, deposit feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
WoRMS (2024). Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra Jaeger, 1833. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210813 on 2024-03-28
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1997-02-22 11:53:36Z
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2000-09-28 07:24:50Z
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Garcia, Maria
2007-07-03 13:16:59Z
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2010-10-08 06:02:59Z
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original description  (of Holothuria (Holothuria) scabra Jaeger, 1833) Jaeger, G.F. (1833). De Holothuriis. <em>Gessnerianis, Turici.</em> 40 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10588969
page(s): 23 [details]   

context source (HKRMS) Wai, T. C., Ng, W. C., Leung, K. M. Y. & Williams, G. A. (2011). Stock and ecological status of echinoderms in Hong Kong: evaluation of effectiveness of marine protected areas using sea urchins as model organism. Final report. Submitted to the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Description Colour in life: brown with small white spots dorsally, or a few pale blotches, sides becoming pale and sole milky white.
Often with commensal portunid Lissocarcinus orbicularis varying from brown carapuce to large brown reticulation on white back-ground, usually 2-4 individuals; also usually with commensal polynoid Gastrolepidia clavigera SCHMARDA (Humphreys, 1981).
Also distributed in Celebes (Selenka, 1867); Philippines and Fiji (Pearson, 1910), India (Sastry, 1996); SE Arabia, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-10 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific (Conand, 1998).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, detritus feeder, deposit feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Remark Type species of the Subgenus: (Metriatyla) Rowe, 1969. Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: Sulawesi (as Celebes), Indonesia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LanguageName 
Japanese ハネジナマコ  [details]
Swahili (individual language) mchanga  [details]