Species Mensamaria intercedens (Lampert, 1885)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pseudocucumis intercedens Lampert, K. 1885. Die Seewalzen-Holothurioidea. In Semper, C. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen 2 4(3): 1-312 1 pl. [254, fig. 54a].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ZMB (depository uncertain), 'Patria?'.
• Cucumaria bicolor 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(2)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1886.4.20.6–8 3 specimens, King Sound, WA.
• Cucumaria striata Joshua, E.C. & Creed, E. 1915. South Australian Holothuroidea, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 39: 16-24 pls 2-4 [18, pl. 3(2)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) SAM K1371 1 specimen, Great Australian Bight, WA; NMV H141 1 specimen, Great Australian Bight.
• Pseudocucumis eurystichus 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 [169, pl. 37(9-19)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 1004, Friday Is., Torres Strait, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Heding, S.G. & Panning, A. 1954. Phyllophoridae. Eine Bearbeitung der polytentaculaten dendrochiroten Holothurien des Zoologischen Museums in Kopenhagen. Spolia Zoologica Musei Hauniensis 13: 1-209 figs 1-102 [92]
• 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] (adds C. striata to the synonymy following examination of the holotype)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Great Australian Bight and west, north and south to Point Hicks, Vic; Indo-Malayan Region. Depth range 0-183 m (usually less than 36 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), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Central W coast, Great Australian Bight, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast, SW coast

Oriental Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, 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 Cucumaria bicolor Bell, 1887, Cucumaria striata Joshua & Creed, 1915)

Rowe, F.W.E. 1982. Sea-cucumbers (Class Holothurioidea). 454-476-11 figs pls 29(6), 30(3-4), 31(1) in Shepherd, S.A. & Thomas, I.M. (eds). Marine Invertebrates of Southern Australia. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Adelaide : Government Printer Part 1 491 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)