Species Stichopus horrens Selenka, 1867

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Regional Maps

• 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 )

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), 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

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