Species Pseudostichopus peripatus (Sluiter, 1901)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Meseres peripatus 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 [10].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMA E1048-E1050 11 specimens, several localities in the Indo-Malayan Region.
• Pseudostichopus unguiculus 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, pl. 8(7a-c)].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 34151, southwest of Shikoku, south of Totomi, Honshua, Japan.
  Paratype(s) USNM.
• Pseudostichopus propinquus Fisher, W.K. 1907. The holothurians of the Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 32(1555): 637-744 pls 66-82 [691, pls 71(3,3a-b), 72(2,2a), 73(3), 74(1), 76(3,].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) USNM 21217 1 specimen, Hawaiian Ils.
• Pseudostichopus aleutianus 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 [228, pl. 8(5a-c)].
• Pseudostichopus marenzelleri Hérouard, E. 1923. Holothuries provenant des campagnes des yachts Princesse-Alice et Hirondelle II (1898-1915). Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco 66: 1-161, pls 1-10 [Date published 31/12/1923] [25].
• Pseudostichopus lapidus Hérouard, E. 1923. Holothuries provenant des campagnes des yachts Princesse-Alice et Hirondelle II (1898-1915). Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco 66: 1-161, pls 1-10 [Date published 31/12/1923] [26-28, pl. 4(5)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MOM 3 specimens, North Atlantic Ocean, off the Azores, 4020 m, Princesse-Alice stn 527, 1895.
• Pseudostichopus ingolfi Heding, S.G. 1942. Holothuroidea II. Asidochirota, Elasipoda, Dendrochirota. Danish Ingolf-Expedition 4c: 1-39 43 figs 2 pls [5-6, fig. 4-5, pl. 1(4-5)].

 

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 re-examination of type specimens of Pseudostichopus unguiculus Ohshima and specimens from Australian waters)
• 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 [174-175, fig. 1f, 10f-h, 11i-l, 12g-h]

 

Generic Combinations

• Pseudostichopus peripatus (Sluiter, 1901).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Newcastle to Terrigal NSW; NW Australia; Indo-Pacific Region, North and South Pacific Ocean, North and South Atlantic Ocean, Scotia Sea, Antarctic Ocean, Ross Sea, Weddell Sea; 134–5453 m

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Timor Province (2)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, deposit feeder, detritivore, tropical.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Feb-2012		15-Feb-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)