WoRMS name details
Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) leucospilota (Brandt, 1835)
210881 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210881)
alternative representation
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Stichopus (Gymnochirota) leucospilota 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 Colour in life: deep charcoal-grey over all surfaces only relieved on the sole by pale grey tube feet (Humphreys, 1981)....
Description Colour in life: deep charcoal-grey over all surfaces only relieved on the sole by pale grey tube feet (Humphreys, 1981). Colour brigth brown, uniform or rather darker on back, many white blotches, much larger and defined on back, where they are smaller towards the anterior end. Mouth inferior. Podia scattered on the whole body, scarcer on the back. Spicules: (a) tables with smooth or slightly sinuous edge and a variable number of holes (about 12; often four small marginal holes alternate with four much larger holes); spire large, with quadrangular end having a wide central hole and peripheral spines; (b) oblong buttons with 3-4 pairs of holes, central one larger; often irregular; (c) perforated disc at the summit of each podium; (d) large plates in the podia, perforated and irregular; (e) very small deposits (rings, C, hooks...) in the muscles under the skin (Tortonese, 1980).
Also distributed in Australia in Kalk (1958) and Rowe & Gates (1995); SE Arabia, Persian Gulf, W India, Pakistan, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); India (Sastry, 1996).
General distribution: from the Red Sea to Hawaii, eastern Pacific (Is. Clarion, Socorro, Galapagos) (Tortonese, 1980); widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific (Kalk (1958) and Conand (1998)); tropical, Indo-Malayan Region, Pacific Ocean, E Africa, depth range 0-10 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, detritus feeder, deposit feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Also distributed in Australia in Kalk (1958) and Rowe & Gates (1995); SE Arabia, Persian Gulf, W India, Pakistan, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); India (Sastry, 1996).
General distribution: from the Red Sea to Hawaii, eastern Pacific (Is. Clarion, Socorro, Galapagos) (Tortonese, 1980); widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific (Kalk (1958) and Conand (1998)); tropical, Indo-Malayan Region, Pacific Ocean, E Africa, depth range 0-10 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, detritus feeder, deposit feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
WoRMS (2025). Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) leucospilota (Brandt, 1835). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210881 on 2025-05-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Stichopus (Gymnochirota) leucospilota 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]
basis of record Rowe, F. W. E. (1969). A review of the family Holothuriidae (Holothurioidea: Aspidochirotida). <em>Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) (Zool.).</em> 18(4): 119-170., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2636614 [details]
basis of record Rowe, F. W. E. (1969). A review of the family Holothuriidae (Holothurioidea: Aspidochirotida). <em>Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) (Zool.).</em> 18(4): 119-170., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2636614 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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]
additional source 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 Ludwig, H. (1899). Echinodermen des Sansibargebietes. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Bonn.</em> 21(1): 537-563., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26416428 [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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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]
additional source 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 Ludwig, H. (1899). Echinodermen des Sansibargebietes. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Bonn.</em> 21(1): 537-563., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26416428 [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
Unreviewed
Description Colour in life: deep charcoal-grey over all surfaces only relieved on the sole by pale grey tube feet (Humphreys, 1981). Colour brigth brown, uniform or rather darker on back, many white blotches, much larger and defined on back, where they are smaller towards the anterior end. Mouth inferior. Podia scattered on the whole body, scarcer on the back. Spicules: (a) tables with smooth or slightly sinuous edge and a variable number of holes (about 12; often four small marginal holes alternate with four much larger holes); spire large, with quadrangular end having a wide central hole and peripheral spines; (b) oblong buttons with 3-4 pairs of holes, central one larger; often irregular; (c) perforated disc at the summit of each podium; (d) large plates in the podia, perforated and irregular; (e) very small deposits (rings, C, hooks...) in the muscles under the skin (Tortonese, 1980). Also distributed in Australia in Kalk (1958) and Rowe & Gates (1995); SE Arabia, Persian Gulf, W India, Pakistan, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); India (Sastry, 1996).
General distribution: from the Red Sea to Hawaii, eastern Pacific (Is. Clarion, Socorro, Galapagos) (Tortonese, 1980); widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific (Kalk (1958) and Conand (1998)); tropical, Indo-Malayan Region, Pacific Ocean, E Africa, depth range 0-10 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, detritus feeder, deposit feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Remark Stichopus leucospilota is type species of the Subgenus: (Mertensiothuria) Deichmann, 1958. Type locality: Ualan, Marshall Islands. Rowe (1969) places H. lamperti Ludwig, 1886 and H. oxurropa and H. infesta and H. fusco-rubra and H. homoea and H. gelatinosa Heding, 1939 and H. lubrica as a synonym of H. (Mertensiothuria) leucospilota.
In Subgenus (Mertensiothuria). Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: 'in lagunis insulae Valan' Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ニセクロナマコ | [details] |
