Species Holothuria (Thymiosycia) macroperona Clark, 1938

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Species Holothuria (Thymiosycia) macroperona Clark, 1938

Holothuria macroperona Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [535, fig. 57].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ 1546, northeastern corner, Rottnest Is., WA.
Paratype(s) MCZ 1544–1545 7 specimens; WAM Z1902, Z1903, Z1904, Z1905, Z1906, Z1961 6 specimens (old numbers: 16469, 16470, 16471, 16472, 16473), Bathurst Point, WA; AM J6434 1 specimen, Rottnest Is, WA.
Holothuria hartmeyeri Erwe, W. 1913. Holothurioidea. 349-402 pls 5-8 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Band 4, Lieferung 5. [383, pl. 7(19)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) (whereabouts undetermined), Oyster Bay, near Albany, WA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Marsh, L.M. & Pawson, D.L. 1993. Echinoderms of Rottnest Island. pp. 279-304 in Wells, F.E., Walker, D.I., Kirkman, H. & Lethbridge, R. (eds). Proceedings of the Fifth International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 2 vols 634 pp. (Recognise this species as distinct from H. hartmeyeri)
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] (confirming the suggestion by Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1–596 figs 1–64 pls 1–28 [537] that macroperona are juvenile hartmeyeri)

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Port Lincoln, SA to Houtman Abrolhos, WA. Depth range 0-40 m

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, deposit feeder, detritivore, inshore, temperate.

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (also as Holothuria macroperona H.L. Clark, 1938)

Marsh, L.M. 1991. Shallow water echinoderms of the Albany region, south-western Australia. pp. 439-482 in Wells, F.E., Walker, D.I., Kirkman, H. & Lethbridge, R. (eds). Proceedings of the Third International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Albany, Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum Vol. 2 722 pp.

Rowe, F.W.E. 1982. Sea-cucumbers (Class Holothurioidea). 454-476-11 figs pls 29(6), 30(3-4), 31(1) in Shepherd, S.A. & Thomas, I.M. (eds). Marine Invertebrates of Southern Australia. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Adelaide : Government Printer Part 1 491 pp.

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		11-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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