Species Australostichopus mollis (Hutton, 1872)

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Species Australostichopus mollis (Hutton, 1872)

Holothuria mollis Hutton, F.W. 1872. Catalogue of the Echinodermata of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species. Wellington : Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department 17 pp. [15].
Type data:
Holotype MONZ (depository uncertain), New Zealand.
Stichopus simulans Dendy, A. & Hindle, E. 1907. Some additions to our knowledge of the New Zealand holothurians. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 30: 95-125 figs A-C pls 11-14 [96, pl. 11 fig. 5].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), Resolution Island, New Zealand.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Mortensen, T. 1925. Echinoderms of New Zealand and the Auckland-Campbell Islands. III–V. Asteroidea, Holothurioidea and Crinoidea. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 79: 261-420, figs 1-70, pls 12-14 [327]

Generic Combinations

Stichopus mollis (Hutton, 1872).
Australostichopus mollis (Hutton, 1872). —
Moraes, G., Norhcote, P.C., Kalinin, V.I., Avilov, S.A., Silchenko, A.S., Dmitrenok, P.S., Stonik, V.A. & Levin, V.S. 2004. Structure of the major triterpene glycoside from the sea cucumber Stichopus mollis and evidence to reclassify this species into the new genus Australostichopus. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 32: 637-650

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Broken Bay, NSW to Fremantle and Houtman Abrolhos, WA; New Zealand. Depth range 0-140 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)

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, deposit feeder, detritivore, temperate.

General References

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

Hickman, V.V. 1962. Tasmanian sea-cucumbers (Holothuroidea). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 96: 49-72 figs 1-186 pls 1-2

Rowe, F.W.E. 1982. Sea-cucumbers (Class Holothurioidea). 454-476-11 figs pls 29(6), 30(3-4), 31(1) in Shepherd, S.A. & Thomas, I.M. (eds). Marine Invertebrates of Southern Australia. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Adelaide : Government Printer Part 1 491 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)
14-Feb-2012		14-Feb-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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