Species Stichopus monotuberculatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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.

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 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

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