Species Massinium magnum (Ludwig, 1882)

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Species Massinium magnum (Ludwig, 1882)

Thyonidium magnum Ludwig, H. 1882. List of holothurians in the collection of the Leyden Museum. Notes from the Leyden Museum 4: 127-137 [132].
Type data:
Holotype RMNH, Amboina, Indonesia.
Thyone perissa 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 [471, fig. 43].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ 1626, off Cape Villaret, 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] (following re-examination of the type specimen of Thyone perissa and available comparative material)

Generic Combinations

Massinium magnum (Ludwig, 1882). —
Samyn, Y. & Thandar, A.S. 2003. Massinium, a new genus in the family Phyllophoridae (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida) with description of a new south-west Indian Ocean species, M. maculosum. Belgian Journal of Zoology 133: 135-142 [136]
Neothyonidium magnum (Ludwig, 1882).

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Townsville and Heron Is., Qld and Cape Villaret, WA; west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-10 m

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

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, suspension feeder, 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 Thyone perissa H.L. Clark, 1938)

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)
22-Jan-2015	DENDROCHIROTIDA	22-Jan-2015	MOVED	Lyn Randall
22-Jan-2015	DENDROCHIROTIDA	22-Jan-2015	MOVED	Lyn Randall
22-Jan-2015		22-Apr-2013	MODIFIED
22-Jan-2015		16-Feb-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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