Species Colochirus quadrangularis Troschel, 1846

• Colochirus quadrangularis Troschel, F.H. 1846. Neue Holothurien — Gattungen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 12(1): 60-66 [64].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB, coast of 'Malacca'.
• Colochirus coeruleus Semper, C. 1868. Holothurien. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen 1: 1-288, pls 1-40 [59, pls 11(1), 13(18)].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), 'Canal von Lapinig', Bohol, Philippines.
• Colochirus jagorii Semper, C. 1868. Holothurien. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen 1: 1-288, pls 1-40 [60].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB, Singapore.
• Colochirus tristis Ludwig, H. 1875. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Holothurien. Arbeiten aus dem Zoologisch-Zootomischen Institut in Würzburg 2: 77-120 pls 6-7 [87].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH 2827, Zanzibar.
• Pentacta coerulea rubra Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [451, pl. 16(5)] [as Pentacta coerulea var. rubra].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 1581, Broome, WA.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [391] (P. coerulea rubra)
• Panning, A. 1971. Bemerkungen über die Holothurien-Familie Cucumariidae (Ordnung Dendrochirota). 6. Die Gattungen um Ocnus Forbes, 1841 und um Pentacta Goldfuss, 1820. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum und Institut, Hamburg 67: 29-51 figs 1-5 [42]
• 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] (synonymy of Colochirus jagorii Semper, 1868 and Colochirus tristis Ludwig, 1875 following re-assessment of Semper's species and examination of the holotype of Colochirus tristis)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Great Australian Bight, WA, west, north and east to Double Island Point, Qld; east Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-115 m.

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), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, Great Australian Bight, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast, SW coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, 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. (also as Pentacta jagorii (Semper, 1868) and Pentacta tristis (Ludwig, 1875))

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Pentacta quadrangularis (Troschel, 1846), Pentacta jagorii (Semper, 1868))

 

History of changes

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