Species Holothuria (Thymiosycia) impatiens (Forsskål, 1775)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Fistularia impatiens Forsskål, P. 1775. Descriptiones Animalium Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quæ in Itinere Orientali observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est Materia Medica Kakirina atque Tabula Maris Rubri Geographica. Hauniæ : Mölleri 1-19, i-xxxiv, 164 pp., 1 map. [121, pl. 39B].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Red Sea.
• Holothuria truncata Lampert, K. 1885. Die Seewalzen-Holothurioidea. In Semper, C. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen 2 4(3): 1-312 1 pl. [243, fig. 5].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ?SMNS, QLD.
• Holothuria impatiens concolor Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait. Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 10: 1-224, 38 pls [179] [as Holothuria impatiens var. concolor].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 1039, Murray Is. (as Mer, Murray Ils), QLD.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 1040 5 specimens.
• Holothuria impatiens pulchra Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait. Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 10: 1-224, 38 pls [179, pl. 19(3)] [as Holothuria impatiens var. pulchra].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 1043, Murray Is. (as Mer, Murray Ils), QLD.
• Holothuria impatiens lutea Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait. Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 10: 1-224, 38 pls [179] [as Holothuria impatiens var. lutea].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 1041, Murray Is. (as Mer, Murray Ils), QLD.
• Holothuria impatiens bicolor 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 [522] [as Holothuria impatiens var. bicolor].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 1521, False Cape Bossut, WA.

 

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] (adopting synonymy implied by Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1–567 [424, 434])

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Houtman Abrolhos, WA to Caloundra, Qld and Shelley Beach, Clarence River, NSW, Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs, Tasman Sea; circumtropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-30 m

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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), 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

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.

 

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)