Species Holothuria (Theelothuria) kurti Ludwig, 1891

Museums

Regional Maps

• Holothuria kurti Ludwig, H. 1891. Die Seewalzen. 241-376, 25 figs, 17 pls, 12 maps in Bronn, H.G. (ed.). Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-reiches. Leipzig : C.F. Winter'sche Verlagshandlung Vol. 2. [329] [nom. nov. for Holothuria lamperti Sluiter, 1889].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown.
• Holothuria ocellata Jaeger, G. Fr 1833. De Holothuriis. Turici 41 pp. 3 pls. [19] [as Holothuria (Holothuria) tribus Bohadschia ocellata].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), Sulawesi (as Celebes), Indonesia.
• Holothuria lamperti Sluiter, C. P. 1889. Nachträgliches über die Echindermen fauna des Java-Meeres. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 8 49(10): 105-110 1 pl. [106, pl. 2(1-3)] [junior homonym of Holothuria lamperti Ludwig, 1886].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMA 669 (depository uncertain, not listed in Jangoux (1991)), Bay of Jakarta (as Bay of Batavia), Indonesia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Liao Yulin 1980. The Aspidochirote holothurians of China with erection of a new genus. pp. 115-120 figs 1-6 in Jangoux, M. (ed.). Echinoderms: Present and Past. Rotterdam : A.A. Balkema. [118]
• Liao, Y. & Clark, A.M. 1995. The echinoderms of southern China. Beijing : Science Press 614 pp., 23 pls. [458, fig. 272]

 

Generic Combinations

• Holothuria (Metriatyla) ocellata (Jaeger, 1833).
• Holothuria (Theelothuria) ocellata (Jaeger, 1833).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Carnarvon, WA to Dunwich, Qld; Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 9-38 m

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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 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

 

History of changes

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