WoRMS taxon details
Polycheira rufescens (Brandt, 1835)
210999 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210999)
accepted
Species
Chiridota dubia Semper, 1867 · unaccepted
Chiridota incongrua Semper, 1867 · unaccepted
Chiridota panaensis Semper, 1867 · unaccepted
Chiridota rufescens Brandt, 1835 · unaccepted
Chiridota variabilis Semper, 1867 · unaccepted
Chirodota vitiensis Gräffe in Semper, 1867 · unaccepted
Fistularia fusca Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 · unaccepted
Polycheira fusca (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) · unaccepted (suppressed by ICZN Opinion 762)
Polycheira vitiensis (Semper, 1868) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chiridota rufescens 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] 
Description Habitat: Found buried in sand in the upper balanoid zone, ususally associated with Patinapta crosslandi Heding and the...
Description Habitat: Found buried in sand in the upper balanoid zone, ususally associated with Patinapta crosslandi Heding and the echiuran Ochetostoma caudex (Lampert) (Thandar, 1989). According to Clark, P. rufescens is very variable in colour, ranging from pale brown or purplish to red brown, deep brown, tending to be almost balck (Thandar, 1989).
General distribution: from the East Coast of Africa, up to South Africa to Easter Island and from Korea to Norhtern Australia and Fiji (Massin, 1996); from East Africa to Polynesia (Tortonese, 1980); tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, shallow waters (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Also distributed in Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, detritus feeder, deposit feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
General distribution: from the East Coast of Africa, up to South Africa to Easter Island and from Korea to Norhtern Australia and Fiji (Massin, 1996); from East Africa to Polynesia (Tortonese, 1980); tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, shallow waters (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Also distributed in Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, detritus feeder, deposit feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
WoRMS (2024). Polycheira rufescens (Brandt, 1835). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210999 on 2024-04-19
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original description
(of Chiridota panaensis Semper, 1867) Semper, C. (1867-1868). Holothurien. In: Semper, C., ed.: <em>Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Erster Band.</em> Leipzig: W. Engelmann. iv + 288 pp., 40 pls. [1867 = pp. 1-70, pls. 1-15; 1867/(1868) = pp. 71-100, pls. 16-25; 1868 = pp. 101-288, pls. 26-40]., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11687 [details]
original description (of Chiridota rufescens 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 Chiridota incongrua Semper, 1867) Semper, C. (1867-1868). Holothurien. In: Semper, C., ed.: <em>Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Erster Band.</em> Leipzig: W. Engelmann. iv + 288 pp., 40 pls. [1867 = pp. 1-70, pls. 1-15; 1867/(1868) = pp. 71-100, pls. 16-25; 1868 = pp. 101-288, pls. 26-40]., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11687 [details]
original description (of Chiridota variabilis Semper, 1867) Semper, C. (1867-1868). Holothurien. In: Semper, C., ed.: <em>Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Erster Band.</em> Leipzig: W. Engelmann. iv + 288 pp., 40 pls. [1867 = pp. 1-70, pls. 1-15; 1867/(1868) = pp. 71-100, pls. 16-25; 1868 = pp. 101-288, pls. 26-40]., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11687 [details]
original description (of Chiridota dubia Semper, 1867) Semper, C. (1867-1868). Holothurien. In: Semper, C., ed.: <em>Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Erster Band.</em> Leipzig: W. Engelmann. iv + 288 pp., 40 pls. [1867 = pp. 1-70, pls. 1-15; 1867/(1868) = pp. 71-100, pls. 16-25; 1868 = pp. 101-288, pls. 26-40]., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11687 [details]
original description (of Chirodota vitiensis Gräffe in Semper, 1867) Semper, C. (1867-1868). Holothurien. In: Semper, C., ed.: <em>Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Erster Band.</em> Leipzig: W. Engelmann. iv + 288 pp., 40 pls. [1867 = pp. 1-70, pls. 1-15; 1867/(1868) = pp. 71-100, pls. 16-25; 1868 = pp. 101-288, pls. 26-40]., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11687 [details]
original description (of Fistularia fusca Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Kei LWK. & Lau SCK. (1994). Baseline information survey of shelter island - a potential marine park. Final report. Submitted to the Agriculture and Fisheries 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 Thandar, A. S. (1989). A study of two apodous holothurians from Southern Africa. <em>S. Afr. Tydsk. Vir Wetenskap.</em> 85: 451 - 454. [details]
additional source Cherbonnier, G. (1952). Les Holothuries de Quoy et Gaimard. Mémoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, deuxième série = Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, tweede reeks, 44 Institut Royal des Sciences Naturellles de Belgique: Bruxelles. 50, III plates pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Chiridota rufescens 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 Chiridota incongrua Semper, 1867) Semper, C. (1867-1868). Holothurien. In: Semper, C., ed.: <em>Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Erster Band.</em> Leipzig: W. Engelmann. iv + 288 pp., 40 pls. [1867 = pp. 1-70, pls. 1-15; 1867/(1868) = pp. 71-100, pls. 16-25; 1868 = pp. 101-288, pls. 26-40]., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11687 [details]
original description (of Chiridota variabilis Semper, 1867) Semper, C. (1867-1868). Holothurien. In: Semper, C., ed.: <em>Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Erster Band.</em> Leipzig: W. Engelmann. iv + 288 pp., 40 pls. [1867 = pp. 1-70, pls. 1-15; 1867/(1868) = pp. 71-100, pls. 16-25; 1868 = pp. 101-288, pls. 26-40]., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11687 [details]
original description (of Chiridota dubia Semper, 1867) Semper, C. (1867-1868). Holothurien. In: Semper, C., ed.: <em>Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Erster Band.</em> Leipzig: W. Engelmann. iv + 288 pp., 40 pls. [1867 = pp. 1-70, pls. 1-15; 1867/(1868) = pp. 71-100, pls. 16-25; 1868 = pp. 101-288, pls. 26-40]., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11687 [details]
original description (of Chirodota vitiensis Gräffe in Semper, 1867) Semper, C. (1867-1868). Holothurien. In: Semper, C., ed.: <em>Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Erster Band.</em> Leipzig: W. Engelmann. iv + 288 pp., 40 pls. [1867 = pp. 1-70, pls. 1-15; 1867/(1868) = pp. 71-100, pls. 16-25; 1868 = pp. 101-288, pls. 26-40]., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11687 [details]
original description (of Fistularia fusca Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Kei LWK. & Lau SCK. (1994). Baseline information survey of shelter island - a potential marine park. Final report. Submitted to the Agriculture and Fisheries 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 Thandar, A. S. (1989). A study of two apodous holothurians from Southern Africa. <em>S. Afr. Tydsk. Vir Wetenskap.</em> 85: 451 - 454. [details]
additional source Cherbonnier, G. (1952). Les Holothuries de Quoy et Gaimard. Mémoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, deuxième série = Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, tweede reeks, 44 Institut Royal des Sciences Naturellles de Belgique: Bruxelles. 50, III plates pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description Habitat: Found buried in sand in the upper balanoid zone, ususally associated with Patinapta crosslandi Heding and the echiuran Ochetostoma caudex (Lampert) (Thandar, 1989). According to Clark, P. rufescens is very variable in colour, ranging from pale brown or purplish to red brown, deep brown, tending to be almost balck (Thandar, 1989).General distribution: from the East Coast of Africa, up to South Africa to Easter Island and from Korea to Norhtern Australia and Fiji (Massin, 1996); from East Africa to Polynesia (Tortonese, 1980); tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, shallow waters (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Also distributed in Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, detritus feeder, deposit feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Remark This is a very varied species, hence the number of synonyms. The variations lie not only in colouration and the number of tentacles, tentacle digits and polian vesicles, but also in the size of spicules (Thandar, 1989). Clark has proposed in 1963 to supress the name 'fusca', arguing that 'rufescens' was better known. Cherbonnier argues against this, indicating that the original holotype for fusca still exists, and that it had been redescribed in 1952 by himself. But Rowe & Gates, 1995 reject this statement.
Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: Bonin Ils (as 'in insulis Bononsimensibus') (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ムラサキクルマナマコ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Chiridota rufescens Brandt, 1835)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Polycheira fusca (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (11 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Chiridota rufescens Brandt, 1835)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Polycheira fusca (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (11 records)
To ITIS
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