Species Holothuria (Platyperona) difficilis Semper, 1868

Museums

Regional Maps

• Holothuria difficilis Semper, C. 1868. Holothurien. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen 1: 1-288, pls 1-40 [92, pl. 30(21)].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH E.2546, Samoa.
• Muelleria excellens Ludwig, H. 1875. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Holothurien. Arbeiten aus dem Zoologisch-Zootomischen Institut in Würzburg 2: 77-120 pls 6-7 [98, pl. 7(32)] [as Mülleria excellens].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH E.2488, Samoa.
• Holothuria frequentiamensis Clark, H.L. 1902. Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos expedition 1898–1899. 12 Echinodermata. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 4: 521-531 [530].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCZ 601 9 specimens, Clipperton Is., East Pacific.
• Actinopyga bedfordi Deichmann, E. 1922. On some cases of mutiplication by fission and of coalescence in the holothurians with notes on the synonymy of Actinopyga parvula (se). Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 73: 199-214 figs 1-10 [212].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1898.8.9.3–15, Funafuti, South-west Pacific.
• Muelleria lubrica Sluiter, C. P. 1894. Holothurien. pp. 101-106 figs 1-17 pls 1-67 in Semon, R. Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel. Vol. 5 Systematik, Tiergeographie, Anatomie wirbelloser Tiere. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 8(I. Lieferung): 1-160 [not seen] [104] [as Mülleria lubrica].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ?ZMA 2 specimens, Thursday Is., QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [288] (as Microthele difficilis (Semper, 1868))

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Houtman Abrolhos, WA to Solitary Ils, NSW and Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs, Tasman Sea; Indo-west Pacific Ocean, eastern Pacific Ocean. Samoa. Shallow waters

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

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

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
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