Species Plesiocolochirus armatus (Marenzeller, 1882)

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Species Plesiocolochirus armatus (Marenzeller, 1882)

Colochirus armatus Marenzeller, E. von 1882. Neue Holothurien von Japan und China. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 31: 121-140 pls 4-5 [132, pl. 5(8)].
Type data:

Syntype(s) NHMW 11492 1 syntype, China or Japan; NHMW 11517 23 syntypes, Japan or China.
Colochirus scandens Sluiter, C. P. 1888. Die Evertebraten aus der Sammulung des Koniglichen Naturwissenschaftlichen vereins in Niederländisch Indien in Batavia. Die Echinodermen. 1. Holothuroidea. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 47: 181-220 2 pls [205, pl. 2(23-26)].
Type data:
Holotype ZMA E2172, Bay of Batavia, Indonesia.
Colochirus loeppenthini Heding, S.G. 1940. Echinoderms of the Iranian Gulf. Holothuroidea. Danish Scientific Investigations in Iran 2: 113-137 figs 1-12 [135, fig. 12] [as Colochirus löeppenthini].
Type data:
Holotype ZMUC, northeast of Bahrein (?Bahrain), Persian Gulf.
Paratype(s) ZMUC 4 specimens.

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-assessment of original descriptions and examination of Australian material)

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Port Hedland, WA to Heron Is., Qld; Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-37 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 Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, suspension feeder, 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. (as Pentacta armatus (Marenzeller, 1881), Pentacta scandens (Sluiter, 1887) and Pentacta loeppenthini (Heding, 1940))

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		04-Sep-2014	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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