Species Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) hilla Lesson, 1830

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Species Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) hilla Lesson, 1830

Holothuria hilla Lesson, R.P. 1830. Centurie Zoologique, ou Choix d'Animaux Rares, Nouveaux ou Imparfaitement Connues. Paris : Levrault 254 pp. 80 pls. [226, pl. 79].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP, Borobora Is., southwest Pacific Ocean.
Stichopus gyrifer Selenka, E. 1867. Beiträge zur Anatomie und Systematik der Holothurien. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 17: 291-374 pls 17-20 [319 (part)].
Type data:

Syntype(s) MCZ 762, Hawaii and Zanzibar; MCZ 506, Hawaii and Zanzibar; MCZ 761, Hawaii and Zanzibar.
Holothuria macleari Bell, F.J. 1884. Echinodermata. 117-177, 509-512, pls 8-17, 45 in Coppinger, R.W. (ed.). Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific during the voyage of H.M.S. Alert 1881-2. London : Bristish Museum. [152, pl. 9(G)].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1881.10.26.266, 'Clairmont and Bird Islands', northeast Australia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Panning, A. 1934. Die Gattung Holothuria. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoologischen Museum in Hamburg 45: 24-50, 65-84, 85-107 22-102 [69, fig. 47] (as Holothuria monocaria)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Doty, J.E. 1977. The shallow-water holothurians of Guam. Micronesica 13(2): 217-250 figs 1-9 [232, figs 4b, 8b]
Samyn, Y. & Massin, C. 2003. The holothurian subgenus Mertensiothuria (Aspidochirotida: Holothuriidae) revisited. Journal of Natural History 37(20): 2487-2519

Generic Combinations

Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) hilla Lesson, 1830.
Holothuria (Thymiosycia) hilla Lesson, 1830.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Houtman Abrolhos, WA to Solitary Ils, NSW and Elizabeth Reef, Tasman Sea; Indo-west Pacific, eastern Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-30 m. Afrotropical Region, Nearctic Region, West Pacific Ocean

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

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), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), 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 (as Holothuria monocaria Lesson, 1830)

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. 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

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)
14-Feb-2012		14-Feb-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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