Species Holothuria (Stauropora) dofleinii Augustin, 1908

Museums

Regional Maps

• Holothuria dofleinii Augustin, E. 1908. Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte Ostasiens. Über japonische Seewalzen. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften II Suppl.-Bd 1: 1-44 figs 1-25 pls 1-2 [4, fig. 1-3, pl. 1(1)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZIUL 2 specimens (depository uncertain), Enoshima, Sagami Bay, Japan.
• Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) canaliculata Tan Tiu, A.S. 1981. The intertidal holothurien fauna (Echindermata: Holothuroidea) of Mactan and the neighbouring islands, Central Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science 18: 45-119 pls 1-31 [79, pl. 22(1-2)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) USCP 3 specimens, Sulpa, Caohagan and Panganan Ils, Philippines.

 

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 and re-evaluation of descriptions of Holothuria dofleini Augustin, 1908 and Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) canaliculata Tan Tiu, 1981 together with a wide range of specimens in museum collections)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Houtman Abrolhos, WA to South Solitary Is., NSW; Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-20 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Central W coast, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, deposit feeder, detritivore, inshore, tropical.

 

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Holothuria pervicax Selenka, 1867, in part)

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

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] (one of two remaining specimens in the syntype series (ZMH E.2539) of Holothuria depressa Ludwig, 1875, a specimen from Pellew, is referable to Holothuria (Stauropora) dofleini Augustin, 1908; the second specimen from Tahiti is herein designated as the lectotype of Holothuria depressa which name is synonymised with Holothuria pervicax)

 

History of changes

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