Species Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) leucospilota (Brandt, 1835)

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Species Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) leucospilota (Brandt, 1835)

Stichopus (Gymnochirota) leucospilota Brandt, J.F. 1835. Prodromus descriptionis animalium ab H. Mertensio in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione observatorum. pp. 1-75-1 pl. [51].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, 'in lagunis insulae Valan'.
Holothuria vagabunda Selenka, E. 1867. Beiträge zur Anatomie und Systematik der Holothurien. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 17: 291-374 pls 17-20 [334, pl. 19(75-76)].
Type data:

Syntype(s) MCZ 722 12 specimens, South Sea, Hawaiian Ils, Society Ils, Java, Zanzibar (as Südsee, Sandwich Inseln, Gesellschafts-Inseln); MCZ 730 11 specimens, South Sea, Hawaiian Ils, Society Ils, Java, Zanzibar (as Südsee, Sandwich Inseln, Gesellschafts-Inseln); MCZ 731 7 specimens, South Sea, Hawaiian Ils, Society Ils, Java, Zanzibar (as Südsee, Sandwich Inseln, Gesellschafts-Inseln).
Holothuria homoea 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 [533, fig. 56].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ 1549, Ned's Beach, Lord Howe Is., Tasman Sea.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Deichmann, E. 1958. The Holothurioidea collected by the Velero III and IV during the years 1932 to 1954. Part II. Aspidochirota. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 11(2): 253-349 pls 1-9 [297 part]

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Houtman Abrolhos, WA to Arrawarra, NSW; Indo-Malayan Region, Pacific Ocean, E Africa. Depth range 0-10 m. Nearctic Region, West Pacific Ocean

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

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 (also as Holothuria homoea H.L. Clark, 1938)

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. 1989. Nine new deep-water species of Echinodermata from Norfolk Island and Wanganella Bank, northeastern Tasman Sea, with a checklist of the echinoderm fauna. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 111(4): 257-291 12 figs 1 table

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		11-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
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