Marine Species Traits - Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) Deichmann, 1958

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Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) Deichmann, 1958

AphiaID

241397 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:241397)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subgenus

Type taxon

Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) leucospilota (Brandt, 1835) represented as Holothuria leucospilota (Brandt, 1835)

Parent

Holothuria Linnaeus, 1767

Synonymised names

Mertensiothuria Deichmann, 1958 · alternative representation

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Species Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) albofusca Cherbonnier, 1988
Species Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) aphanes Lampert, 1885
Species Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) artensis Cherbonnier & Féral, 1984
Species Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) fuscorubra Théel, 1886
Species Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) hilla Lesson, 1830
Species Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) isuga Mitsukuri, 1912
Species Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) viridiaurantia Borrero-Pérez & Vanegas-González, 2019
Species Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) arenacava Samyn, Massin & Muthiga, 2001 represented as Holothuria arenacava Samyn, Massin & Muthiga, 2001
Species Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) leucospilota (Brandt, 1835) represented as Holothuria leucospilota (Brandt, 1835)
Species Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) platei Ludwig, 1898 represented as Holothuria platei Ludwig, 1898
Species Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) papillifera Heding in Mortensen, 1938 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Traits (2021). Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) Deichmann, 1958. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=241397 on 2025-06-01

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) Deichmann, 1958. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=241397 on 2025-06-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-07-03 13:16:59Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2012-11-14 00:49:53Z

checked

Paulay, Gustav

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original description (of Mertensiothuria Deichmann, 1958) Deichmann, E. (1958). The Holothurioidea collected by the Velero III and IV during the years 1932 to 1954. Part II. Aspidochirota. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 11(2): 249-349., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/22144 [details]

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