Species Holothuria (Cystipus) rigida (Selenka, 1867)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Stichopus rigidus Selenka, E. 1867. Beiträge zur Anatomie und Systematik der Holothurien. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 17: 291-374 pls 17-20 [317, pl. 18(30-31)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MCZ 694, Society Ils.
  Paralectotype(s) MCZ.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [433].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Murray Ils and Heron Is. to Green Is., Qld, to Iluka, NSW; Indo-Pacific Ocean, east Pacific Ocean. Low water mark. Afrotropical Region, Nearctic Region, Panama, West Pacific Ocean

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, NE coast

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.

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

 

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)