Subgenus Holothuria (Halodeima) Pearson, 1914

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• Halodeima Pearson, J. 1914. Proposed re-classification of the genera Mülleria and Holothuria. Spolia Zeylanica 9(35): 163-172 pl. 26 [170] [proposed as subgenus in Holothuria Linnaeus, 1767].

  Type species:

   Holothuria atra Jaeger, 1883 by original designation.
• Trepang Jaeger, G. Fr 1833. De Holothuriis. Turici 41 pp. 3 pls. [24] [an unused name; Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1967. Proposals for stabilization of the names of certain genera and species of Holothurioidea. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 24: 98–115 (100) genus proposed for suppression; to maintain stability, the junior name is used here; see also Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1982. Revised proposals for stabilization of the names of certain genera and species of Holothurioidea. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 39: 29–35].

  Type species:

   Holothuria edulis Lesson, 1830 by subsequent designation, see Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait. Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 10: 1-224, 38 pls [184].

  Secondary source:

   Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1967. Proposals for stabilization of the names of certain genera and species of Holothurioidea. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 24: 98-115; Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1982. Revised proposals for stabilization of the names of certain genera and species of Holothurioidea. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 39: 29-35.
• Ludwigothuria Deichmann, E. 1958. The Holothurioidea collected by the Velero III and IV during the years 1932 to 1954. Part II. Aspidochirota. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 11(2): 253-349 pls 1-9 [310] [junior objective synonym of Halodeima Pearson, 1914].

  Type species:

   Holothuria atra Jaeger, 1833 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Rowe, F.W.E. 1969. A review of the family Holothuriidae (Holothurioidea: Aspidochirotida). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 18(4): 117-170 figs 1-21 [137]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Afrotropical Region, Nearctic Region, West Pacific Ocean

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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), 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 Barrier Reef, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

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)