Species Actinopyga echinites (Jaeger, 1833)

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Species Actinopyga echinites (Jaeger, 1833)

Holothuria (Holothuria) echinites Jaeger, G. Fr 1833. De Holothuriis. Turici 41 pp. 3 pls. [17].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Sulawesi (as Celebes), Indonesia.
Muelleria plebeja Selenka, E. 1867. Beiträge zur Anatomie und Systematik der Holothurien. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 17: 291-374 pls 17-20 [312] [as Mülleria plebeja].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MCZ 826 2 specimens, Zanzibar.
Actinopyga echinites crassa Panning, A. 1944. Die Trepangfischerei. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum und Institut, Hamburg 49: 1-76 figs 1-40 [51, fig. 19].
Type data:

Syntype(s) ZMB 1151, Querimba Is., East Africa; ZMB 2684 2 specimens, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Rowe, F.W.E. in Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Echinodermata. In, Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia xiii 510 pp. [Date published 30 May 1995] (based on comparisons of available type specimens together with extensive museum collections)

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Fremantle, WA to Port Denison, Qld; Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range reef flat to 5 m.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, deposit feeder, detritivore, inshore, tropical.

General References

Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1971. Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. London : Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) 238 pp. 100 figs 31 pls.

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567

Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp.

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		11-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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