Species Plesiocolochirus dispar (Lampert, 1889)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Colochirus dispar Lampert, K. 1889. Die während der Expedition S.M.S. Gazelle 1874–1876 von Prof. Dr. Th. Studer gesammelten Holothurien. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 4(4): 806-858 pl. 24 [820, fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SMNS 3 specimens (depository uncertain), Mermaid Strait, northwest Australia.
• Colochirus gravieri Vaney, C. 1905. Holothuries recueillies par M. Ch. Gravier sur la côte françise des somalis. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 11: 186-190 [188].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP, between Pingouin and Météore Reefs, coast of Somalia.
• Pentacta trimorpha 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 [171, pl. 37(1-8)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 997, Murray Is. (as Mer, Murray Ils), 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] (adds P. trimorpha and thus extends synonymy inferred by Cherbonnier, G. 1955. Les Holothuries de la Mer Rouge. Annales de l'Institut Océanographique Monaco ns 30: 129–183 pls 22–49 [162])

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Bunbury, WA to Swain Reefs, Qld; Indian Ocean, Indo-Malayan Region. Depth range 0-20 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), 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: Central W coast, Great Barrier Reef, Lower W coast, N coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

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. [180] (as Pentacta dispar (Lampert, 1889))

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Pentacta dispar (Lampert, 1889), Pentacta trimorpha H.L. Clark, 1921)

 

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)