Species Plesiocolochirus armatus (Marenzeller, 1882)
- Colochirus armatus Marenzeller, E. von 1882. Neue Holothurien von Japan und China. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 31: 121-140 pls 4-5 [132, pl. 5(8)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NHMW 11492 1 syntype, China or Japan; NHMW 11517 23 syntypes, Japan or China. - Colochirus scandens Sluiter, C. P. 1888. Die Evertebraten aus der Sammulung des Koniglichen Naturwissenschaftlichen vereins in Niederländisch Indien in Batavia. Die Echinodermen. 1. Holothuroidea. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 47: 181-220 2 pls [205, pl. 2(23-26)].
Type data:
Holotype ZMA E2172, Bay of Batavia, Indonesia. - Colochirus loeppenthini Heding, S.G. 1940. Echinoderms of the Iranian Gulf. Holothuroidea. Danish Scientific Investigations in Iran 2: 113-137 figs 1-12 [135, fig. 12] [as Colochirus löeppenthini].
Type data:
Holotype ZMUC, northeast of Bahrein (?Bahrain), Persian Gulf.
Paratype(s) ZMUC 4 specimens.
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] (based on re-assessment of original descriptions and examination of Australian material)
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off Port Hedland, WA to Heron Is., Qld; Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-37 m.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, N coast, NE coast, NW coast
Oriental Region
- West Pacific Ocean
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. (as
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