Species Stichopus hermanni Semper, 1868

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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.

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 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

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		11-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)