Species Plesiocolochirus australis (Ludwig, 1875)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Colochirus australis Ludwig, H. 1875. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Holothurien. Arbeiten aus dem Zoologisch-Zootomischen Institut in Würzburg 2: 77-120 pls 6-7 [88].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH E.2790, Bowen, QLD.
• Colochirus minuta Ludwig, H. 1875. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Holothurien. Arbeiten aus dem Zoologisch-Zootomischen Institut in Würzburg 2: 77-120 pls 6-7 [89, pl. 6(16)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMH E.2808 4 specimens, Bowen, QLD.

 

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 examination of type material of australis and minuta together with extensive collections of Australian material)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Shark Bay, WA to Port Jackson, NSW; west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-73 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), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Central W coast, Lower E coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

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. (Pentacta australis (Ludwig, 1875) and Pentacta minuta (Ludwig, 1875))

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (in part; records from southern Australia based on misidentified Plesiocolochirus ignava, also as Pentacta minuta (Ludwig, 1875))

Erwe, W. 1913. Holothurioidea. 349-402 pls 5-8 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Band 4, Lieferung 5. (misidentified as Colochirus doliolum; (misidentified as Colochirus doliolum (Pallas, 1766))

 

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)