• Stichopus Brandt, J.F. 1835. Prodromus descriptionis animalium ab H. Mertensio in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione observatorum. pp. 1-75-1 pl. [50].

  Type species:

   Stichopus (Perideris) chloronotus Brandt, 1835 by subsequent designation, see Clark, H.L. 1922. The holothurians of the genus Stichopus. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 65(3): 39-74 pls 1-2 [44].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

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), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), 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

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Central W coast, Great Australian Bight, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast
• New Zealand

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

History of changes

• Stichopus (Perideris) chloronotus Brandt, J.F. 1835. Prodromus descriptionis animalium ab H. Mertensio in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione observatorum. pp. 1-75-1 pl. [50].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), 'Insula Lugunor' and Guam (as Guahan).
• Stichopus hirotai Mitsukuri, K. 1912. Studies on actinopodous Holothuroidea. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 29(2): 1-284 figs 1-55 pls 1-8 [161, fig. 28].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) TIU 1058 6 specimens, Ogasawara Is., Japan; TIU 1326 11 specimens, Ogasawara Is., Japan; TIU 1342 3 specimens, Ogasawara Is., Japan.

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] (following re-examination of 6 syntypes (TIU 1058) of Stichopus hirotai this species is transferred from the synonymy of Stichopus variegatus Semper, 1868, where it was placed mistakenly by Clark, H.L. 1922. The holothurians of the genus Stichopus. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 65(3): 39–74 pls 1–2 [67]; see also under Stichopus horrens)

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Houtman Abrolhos, WA to Bunker Group, Qld and Elizabeth Reef, Tasman Sea; Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-20 m.

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), 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: Central W coast, Great Barrier Reef, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, deposit feeder, detritivore, inshore, 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.

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567

Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp.

History of changes

• Stichopus variegatus hermanni Semper, C. 1868. Holothurien. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen 1: 1-288, pls 1-40 [73, pls 30(1,6), 35(1)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), Philippines and Samoa.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Rowley Shoals, WA to Heron Is., Qld and Elizabeth Reef, Tasman Sea; Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-20 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: N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, deposit feeder, detritivore, inshore, 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.

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Stichopus variegatus Semper, 1868, in part)

Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp.

History of changes

• Stichopus horrens Selenka, E. 1867. Beiträge zur Anatomie und Systematik der Holothurien. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 17: 291-374 pls 17-20 [316, pl. 18(27-29)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 765, Society Ils (as Gesellschaftsinseln).
• Stichopus variegatus Semper, C. 1868. Holothurien. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen 1: 1-288, pls 1-40 [73].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMH E.2716, Samoa.

  Subsequent designation references:

  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] (the whereabouts of the other specimens in the syntype series is undertermined, but the specimen figured by [73 (part), pls 16, 30(1,6), 35(1)] is considered herein to represent Stichopus monotuberculatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)).
• Stichopus godeffroyi Semper, C. 1868. Holothurien. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen 1: 1-288, pls 1-40 [75, pl. 30(4)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMH E.2695 2 specimens, Samoa; MCZ 759, Samoa.
• Stichopus godeffroyi pygmaeus Semper, C. 1868. Holothurien. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen 1: 1-288, pls 1-40 [75].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMH E.2693 2 specimens, Fiji (Viti); MCZ 760, Fiji (Viti).
• Stichopus godeffroyi Semper, C. 1868. Holothurien. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen 1: 1-288, pls 1-40 [246] [(as Stichopus godeffroyi var. b)].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMG lost (depository uncertain), Samoa.
• Stichopus tropicalis Fisher, W.K. 1907. The holothurians of the Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 32(1555): 637-744 pls 66-82 [676, pl. 70(l-li)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) USNM 30382 2 specimens, Honolulu Reef and Puako Bay, Hawaii; USNM 30368 3 specimens, Honolulu Reef and Puako Bay, Hawaii; USNM 30369, Honolulu Reef and Puako Bay, Hawaii.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Clark, H.L. 1922. The holothurians of the genus Stichopus. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 65(3): 39-74 pls 1-2 [64]
• 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] (Stichopus variegatus Semper, 1868; following examination of syntypic specimen in ZMH (E.2716), herein designated as the lectotype which is certainly S. horrens Selenka. H.L. Clark's very broad concept of Stichopus variegatus Semper, 1868 is considered to be incorrect, despite common acceptance since his revision of the genus Stichopus. Species included in the synonymy of Stichopus variegatus by H.L. Clark (1922) have been re-assigned or re-instated as valid here following re-examination of available type specimens, re-assessment of original species descriptions and comparative material))

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Rowley Shoals, WA to Heron Is., Qld; Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean. Littoral and reef flat waters. Note (2012): Many S, horrens specimens are misidentified S. monotuberculatus and S. naso - see Byrne et al (2010 )

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), 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, NW coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, deposit feeder, detritivore, inshore, 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.

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567

Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp.

History of changes

• Holothuria monotuberculata Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, P. 1833. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe: Zoologie: Zoophytes. Paris : J. Tastu 390 pp. 26 pls. [131, pl. 432(1)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP, Port Louis, Mauritius.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Houtman Abrolhos, WA to Moreton Bay, Qld and Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs, Tasman Sea; Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-30 m.

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), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), 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: Central E coast, Central W coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, deposit feeder, detritivore, inshore, tropical.

General References

Cherbonnier, G. 1952. Les Holothuries de Quoy et Gaimard. Mémoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 2 44: 1-50 figs 1-16 pls i-iii (as Stichopus monotuberculatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833))

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.

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Stichopus variegatus Semper, 1868, in part)

Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp.

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] (several missing specimens in the syntype series of Stichopus variegatus (which name is fixed by lectotypification in this work) are re-identified from Semper's description as Stichopus monotuberculatus; see also Stichopus horrens Selenka, 1867)

History of changes

• Stichopus naso Semper, C. 1868. Holothurien. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen 1: 1-288, pls 1-40 [72, pls 18, 30(3)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), Boi Talibon, Bohol, Philippines.
• Stichopus levis 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 [198, pl. 1(6)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMA E2499 2 specimens, Mindana Strait and Bay of Batavia, Indonesia.
• Stichopus oshimae Mitsukuri, K. 1912. Studies on actinopodous Holothuroidea. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 29(2): 1-284 figs 1-55 pls 1-8 [171, fig. 30].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) 1325 5 specimens, Katsuyoki, Kageroma Islands, Tokyo (Japan).
• Stichopus variegatus pallidus Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [514].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 1559, south of Cape Jaubert, WA.

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] (following examination of available type material, comparative material and literature reassessment; see also under Stichopus horrens Selenka, 1867)

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Houtman Abrolhos, WA to Stradbroke Is., Moreton Bay, Qld; east Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-25 m.

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), 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 W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, deposit feeder, detritivore, inshore, 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.

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (Stichopus variegatus Semper, 1868, in part)

Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp.

History of changes

• Stichopus paradoxus Lampert, K. 1885. Die Seewalzen-Holothurioidea. In Semper, C. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen 2 4(3): 1-312 1 pl. [247, figs 14, 17, 27].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Australia (as Neu Holland).

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Single specimen from 'Neu-Holland' in SMNS.

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, deposit feeder, detritivore.

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [419] (expresses the opinion that the species is based on a specimen of Holothuria leucospilota (Brandt, 1835) =Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) leucospilota (Brandt, 1835))

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] (identity doubtful)

History of changes

• Stichopus vastus 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 [198, pl. 2(46-48)].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMA E2505, 'Tandjong Priok', Bay of Batavia, Indonesia.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Murray Ils to south off Lizard Is. Qld; west Pacific Ocean. Shallow waters.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, NE coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, deposit feeder, detritivore, inshore, tropical.

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567

History of changes