WoRMS taxon details
Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra Jaeger, 1833
210813 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210813)
accepted
Species
Holothuria (Holothuria) scabra Jaeger, 1833 · unaccepted
Holothuria (Metriatyla) fuligina Cherbonnier, 1988 · unaccepted
Holothuria (Microthele) tigris Brandt, 1835 · unaccepted
Holothuria albida Savigny in Selenka, 1867 · unaccepted
Holothuria gallensis Pearson, 1903 · unaccepted
Holothuria saecularis Bell, 1887 · unaccepted
Variety Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra var. versicolor Conand, 1986 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(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]
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]
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 (2022). Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra Jaeger, 1833. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210813 on 2022-07-04
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original description
(of Holothuria (Microthele) tigris Brandt, 1835) Brandt, J. F. (1835). Echinodermata ordo Holothurina. <em>In: Prodromus Descriptionis Animalium ab H. Mertensio in Orbis Terrarum Circumnavigatione Observatorum. Fasc. I: 75 pps. Petropoli.</em> pp. 42-62., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=9-KK6BsniXcC [details] 
original description (of Holothuria (Metriatyla) fuligina Cherbonnier, 1988) Cherbonnier, G. (1988). Echinodermes: Holothurides. Faune de Madagascar 70: 1-292. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Holothuria saecularis Bell, 1887) Bell, F. J. (1887). Studies in the Holothuroidea. vi. Description of New Species. Proc. Zool. Soc.: pp. 531-534. [details]
original description (of Holothuria gallensis Pearson, 1903) Pearson, J. (1903). Report on the Holothurioidea collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. Rep. on Ceylon Pearl Oyster Fisheries Pt. I: pp. 181-208. [details]
original description (of Holothuria albida Savigny in Selenka, 1867) Selenka, E. (1867). Beiträge zur Anatomie und Systematik der Holothurien. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 17(2): 291-374, pls. XVII-XX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45007590#page/321/mode/1up [details]
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
[request]
original description (of Holothuria (Metriatyla) fuligina Cherbonnier, 1988) Cherbonnier, G. (1988). Echinodermes: Holothurides. Faune de Madagascar 70: 1-292. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Holothuria saecularis Bell, 1887) Bell, F. J. (1887). Studies in the Holothuroidea. vi. Description of New Species. Proc. Zool. Soc.: pp. 531-534. [details]
original description (of Holothuria gallensis Pearson, 1903) Pearson, J. (1903). Report on the Holothurioidea collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. Rep. on Ceylon Pearl Oyster Fisheries Pt. I: pp. 181-208. [details]
original description (of Holothuria albida Savigny in Selenka, 1867) Selenka, E. (1867). Beiträge zur Anatomie und Systematik der Holothurien. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 17(2): 291-374, pls. XVII-XX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45007590#page/321/mode/1up [details]
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
[request] 
Present From other sources
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]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Holothuria saecularis Bell, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Holothuria albida Savigny in Selenka, 1867)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To GenBank (107 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (34 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Holothuria albida Savigny in Selenka, 1867)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To GenBank (107 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (34 records)
To ITIS
