Species Holothuria (Lessonothuria) lineata Ludwig, 1875

Museums

Regional Maps

• Holothuria lineata Ludwig, H. 1875. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Holothurien. Arbeiten aus dem Zoologisch-Zootomischen Institut in Würzburg 2: 77-120 pls 6-7 [103, pl. 7(42)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMH E.2585 only specimen remaining of 19 originally included, Bowen, QLD.

  Subsequent designation references:

  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].
• Labidodemas punctulatum Haacke, C.W. 1880. Holothurien. pp. 46–50 in Möbius, K. II. Beiträge zur Meeresfauna der Insel Mauritius und der Seychellen. Berlin. [47].

  Type data:

   Holotype (whereabouts undetermined), Mauritius.

 

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 examination of type specimen of Holothuria lineata Ludwig, comparisons made with extant type specimens of Holothuria pardalis Selenka and extensive museum collections)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Exmouth Gulf, WA to Port Jackson, NSW; Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-?10 m.

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), 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

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Lower E coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast
• Tasman Sea

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, deposit feeder, detritivore, inshore, tropical.

 

General References

Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp.

Rowe, F.W.E. 1989. Nine new deep-water species of Echinodermata from Norfolk Island and Wanganella Bank, northeastern Tasman Sea, with a checklist of the echinoderm fauna. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 111(4): 257-291 12 figs 1 table

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] (6 specimens (MCZ 677) in the type series of Holothuria (Lessonothuria) pardalis Selenka, 1867 are referable to Holothuria (Lessonothuria) lineata Ludwig, 1875)

 

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)