Species Hemithyone semperi (Bell, 1884)

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Species Hemithyone semperi (Bell, 1884)

Cucumaria semperi Bell, F.J. 1884. Echinodermata. 117-177, 509-512, pls 8-17, 45 in Coppinger, R.W. (ed.). Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific during the voyage of H.M.S. Alert 1881-2. London : Bristish Museum. [147, pl. 9(A)].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1882.2.22.116, Port Denison and Torres Straits, QLD.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1882.2.22.116 3 specimens (part); BMNH 1881.10.26.43–45 2 specimens.
Subsequent designation references:
Pawson, D.L. 1967. Redescription of Cucumaria semperi Bell, an Indo-West-Pacific holothurian echinoderm. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 80: 157-162 figs 1-10 [160].
Cucumaria pigra Koehler, R. & Vaney, C. 1908. Littoral Holothurioidea. Echinoderma of the Indian Museum. Calcutta : Indian Museum 54 pp. 3 pls. [38, pl. 3(13-16)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) IM 2 specimens, Calcutta, Karachi, India.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Pawson, D.L. 1967. Redescription of Cucumaria semperi Bell, an Indo-West-Pacific holothurian echinoderm. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 80: 157-162 figs 1-10 [159]

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Dampier Archipelago, WA to Port Denison, Qld; Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-13 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: 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.

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Cucumaria semperi Bell, 1884)

History of changes

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

Published	Action Date	Action Type
22-Jan-2015	18-Dec-2013	MOVED
22-Jan-2015	22-Apr-2013	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	11-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
	12-Feb-2010	(import)

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