Species Pseudostichopus mollis Théel, 1886
- Pseudostichopus mollis Théel, H. 1886. Holothurioidea. Part 2. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 39: 1-290 pls 1-16 [169].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1886.10.2.142–144, off Magellan Strait, Chile and Marion Is., Southern Ocean (three separate Challenger stations). - Pseudostichopus nudus Ohshima, H. 1915. Report on the holothurians collected by the United States Fisheries steamer Albatross in the northwestern Pacific during the summer of 1906. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 48(2073): 213-291 pls 8-11 [230].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 34150, Aleutian Ils, off Kii, Honshu (Japan).
Paratype(s) USNM E10787 5 specimens. - Pseudostichopus trachus Sluiter, C. P. 1901. Neue holothurien aus der Tiefsee des Indischen Archipels Gesammelt durch die Siboga-Expedition. Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging 2 7(1): 1-28 [15].
Type data:
Lectotype ZMA V.Ech.H2496.2 2 specimens, Indonesia, Ceram Sea, 798, Siboga stn 161 [1°10´03˜S 130°09´E].
Paralectotype(s) ZMA V.Ech.H2496.1, Indonesia, off Timor, 883 m, Siboga stn 286 [8°50´01˜S 127°02´01˜E].Subsequent designation references:
O'Loughlin, P.M. & Ahearn, C 2005. A review of pygal-furrowed Synallactidae (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea), with new species from the Antarctic, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 62: 147-179 [172]. - Pseudostichopus (Pseudostichopus) dilatorbis Imaoka, T. 1978. Three new species of the genus Pseudostichopus from the Japanese waters. (Holothurioidea: Gephyrothuriidae). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 24(4/6): 377–385, figs 1–3, 1 tbl. [378-380, 384, fig. 1a-e, tbl. 1].
- Pseudostichopus (Pseudostichopus) alatus Imaoka, T. 1990. Holothuroidea. pp. 131-154 in Oguro, C., Okutani, T., & Horikawa, H. (eds). Echinoderms from continental shelf and slope around Japan. Tokyo : Tosho Vol. 1. [146-148, fig. 1a-e].
Type data:
Holotype OMNH Iv1188, Japan, Tosa Bay, 350 m, H. Horikawa, 30 Jan 1989.
Paratype(s) OMNH Iv1189 1 specimen, Japan, Tosa Bay, 390–410 m.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- O'Loughlin, P.M. & Ahearn, C 2005. A review of pygal-furrowed Synallactidae (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea), with new species from the Antarctic, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 62: 147-179 [171-173, fig. 1b-c, 9a,e, 10b-c, 11e-f]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Western Antarctica, Weddell Sea, 65°19'S, 56°48'W, 400 m (Ekman, 1925); Weddell Sea, 340–470 m (Gutt, 1991); North and South Pacific Ocean, southern Indian Ocean, eastern Australian continental slope, Antarctic Ocean in Palmer Archipelago and off Antarctic Peninsula, 91–1587 m (O'Loughlin & Ahearn 2005)
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Lord Howe Province (14), Macquarie Island Province (24), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental slope, deposit feeder, detritivore, temperate.
History of changes
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| 15-Feb-2012 | MODIFIED |