Species Holothuria (Metriatyla) lessoni Massin, Uthicke, Purcell, Rowe & Samyn, 2009

Museums

Holothuria (Metriatyla) lessoni Massin, C., Uthicke, S., Purcell, S.W., Rowe, F.W.E & Samyn, Y. 2009. Taxonomy of the heavily exploited Indo-Pacific sandfish complex (Echinodermata: Holothuriidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 155: 40-59 [41-47, fig. 1A–D, 3A–G, 4A–H, 5A–C].
Type data:
Holotype IRSNB IG 27754/179, Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Hansa Bay, 6 m, 1 Oct 1990.
Paratype(s) IRSNB IG 27754/180 1 specimen, Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Hansa Bay, 6 m, 1 Oct 1990.
Holothuria timana Lesson, R.P. 1830. Centurie Zoologique, ou Choix d'Animaux Rares, Nouveaux ou Imparfaitement Connues. Paris : Levrault 254 pp. 80 pls. [118, pl. 43] [nomen oblitum; this name has been suppressed (ICZN Opinion 762, 1966)].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown lost, Waigeo (South Pacific) (?Waigeo, Irian Jaya, Indonesia).
Holothuria scabra versicolor Conand, C. 1986. Les resources halieutiques des pays insulaires du Pacifique. Deuxième partie: Les holothuries. F.A.O. Document Technique des Pêches 272: 1-108 [19] [nomen nudum; as Holothuria scabra var. versicolor].

Queensland

Hayman Is. to Moreton Bay Qld (as H. timana in Rowe & Gates 1995); Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Subtial depth range

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

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