WoRMS taxon details
Polyplectana kefersteinii (Selenka, 1867)
214608 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214608)
accepted
Species
Synapta kefersteinii Selenka, 1867 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Synapta kefersteinii 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]
Description This species in known from the East Indies, north Australia, Philippines, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe,...
Description This species in known from the East Indies, north Australia, Philippines, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Red Sea and Aldabra to Easter Island and from China to New Caledonia (Massin, 1996).
Ecology: benthic, continental shelf, detritus feeder, deposit feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995); during day hides in crevices, at night foraging on the substrate (Massin, 1996).
General distribution: tropical, east Indo-west-central Paacific Ocean, depth range 0-77 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Ecology: benthic, continental shelf, detritus feeder, deposit feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995); during day hides in crevices, at night foraging on the substrate (Massin, 1996).
General distribution: tropical, east Indo-west-central Paacific Ocean, depth range 0-77 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
WoRMS (2024). Polyplectana kefersteinii (Selenka, 1867). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214608 on 2024-07-26
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original description
(of Synapta kefersteinii 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]
basis of record 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]
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
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basis of record 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]
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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description This species in known from the East Indies, north Australia, Philippines, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Red Sea and Aldabra to Easter Island and from China to New Caledonia (Massin, 1996).Ecology: benthic, continental shelf, detritus feeder, deposit feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995); during day hides in crevices, at night foraging on the substrate (Massin, 1996).
General distribution: tropical, east Indo-west-central Paacific Ocean, depth range 0-77 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Remark Syntypes Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) No. 415 (6 specimens). Type locality: Hawaiian Islands (as Sandwich Inseln) (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
P. kefersteini in Tortonese (1977) and Clark & Rowe (1971). [details]
To Barcode of Life (24 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Synapta kefersteinii Selenka, 1867)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polyplectana kefersteinii)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (10 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Synapta kefersteinii Selenka, 1867)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polyplectana kefersteinii)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (10 records)
