Species Holothuria (Microthele) whitmaei Bell, 1887

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Species Holothuria (Microthele) whitmaei Bell, 1887

Holothuria (Bohadschia) whitmaei Bell, F.J. 1887. Studies in the Holothurioidea. — VI. Descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1887: 531-534, pl. 45 [532, pl. 45(4)].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1875.10.2.6, Samoa.
Holothuria mammifera Saville-Kent, W. 1890. Bêche-de-mer and pearl-shell fisheries of northern Queensland. Brisbane : Queensland Government Publisher 8 pp. 2 pls. [4].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Great Barrier Reef, QLD.
Holothuria (Microthele) maculata Brandt, J.F. 1835. Prodromus descriptionis animalium ab H. Mertensio in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione observatorum. pp. 1-75-1 pl. [54] [junior homonym; junior homonym of Holothuria maculata Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821, see Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1967].
Type data:
Holotype (whereabouts undetermined), 'Insula Guahan', NW Pacific Ocean.
Secondary source:
Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1967. Proposals for stabilization of the names of certain genera and species of Holothurioidea. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 24: 98-115 [100].

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] (following examination of extant type specimens; Holothuria (Microthele) whitmaei is readily distinguished from Holothuria (Microthele) nobilis (Bell, 1887) in the field by its uniform black colour)

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Houtman Abrolhos, WA to Capricorn Group, Qld; Lord Howe Is., Middleton Reef and Elizabeth Reef, Tasman Sea; Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Shallow waters

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

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), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

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. 1969. A review of the family Holothuriidae (Holothurioidea: Aspidochirotida). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 18(4): 117-170 figs 1-21 [163] (incorrectly synonymised Holothuria whitmaei Bell, 1887) with Holothuria nobilis (Selenka, 1867))

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] (four specimens in the syntype series (MCZ 818) of Muelleria nobilis Selenka, 1867 are referable to Holothuria (Microthele) whitmaei Bell, 1887)

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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