Genus Plesiocolochirus Cherbonnier, 1946
- Plesiocolochirus Cherbonnier, G. 1946. Sur une Holothurie de Quoy et Gaimard, type d'un nouveau genre: Plesiocolochirus N.G. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 2 18(3): 280-286 [286].
Type species:
Holothuria spinosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 by original designation. - Apentacta Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [395].
Type species:
Holothuria spinosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 by original designation. - Acolochirus Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [395].
Type species:
Colochirus challengeri Théel, 1886 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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. [195] (explain the synonymy of Apentacta and Plesiocolochirus)
- 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 Acolochirus based on overall similarity of body form and body wall ossicles. The genus Plesiocolochirus Cherbonnier, 1946 is recognised here by its body form, usually ventrally 'sole'-like with prominent tube feet; dorsally, the tube feet are prominent in the dorso-lateral angles but may also be scattered inter-ambulacrally; the body wall is very brittle and packed with ossicles including multi-layered scales, nodular perforated plates and a superficial layer of simple, shallow 'baskets' with a basic quadri-locular design; tentacles 10, the 2 ventral-most smaller. The species P. armatus, australis, challengeri, dispar, ignava and with reservation occiduus are new combinations. See also under Cerodemas)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia
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), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), 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
Afrotropical Region
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Central W coast, Great Australian Bight, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast
- New Zealand
- North Island
Oriental Region
- West Pacific Ocean
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 11-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |