WoRMS name details
original description
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]
source of synonymy
Massin, C. (1996). The Holothurians of Easter Island, Bull. KBIN, Brussels, Vol. 66: 151-178 (look up in IMIS) [details]
From other sources
Description Also distributed in East Indies, Philippine and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, continental shelf, detritus feeder, deposit feeder. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 10-102 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Remark In Subgenus (Theelothuria) Deichmann, 1958. Syntypes Natural History Museum, London (England) 1884.3.8.29 (1 specimen). Type locality: 'Canal von Lapinig', Bohol, Philippines (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
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