Species Actinopyga obesa (Selenka, 1867)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Muelleria obesa Selenka, E. 1867. Beiträge zur Anatomie und Systematik der Holothurien. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 17: 291-374 pls 17-20 [312] [as Mülleria obesa].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 820, Hawaiian Ils (as 'Sandwich Inseln').
• Actinopyga obesa palauensis Panning, A. 1944. Die Trepangfischerei. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum und Institut, Hamburg 49: 1-76 figs 1-40 [57, fig. 26].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH E.2492, Palau Is., Pacific Ocean.

 

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 re-examination of type specimens and Australian museum collections)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Scott Reef and Ashmore Reef, WA to Elizabeth Reef and Lord Howe Is., Tasman Sea; east Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-20 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: N coast, NE 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.

 

History of changes

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