Species Thelenota ananas (Jaeger, 1833)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Trepang ananas Jaeger, G. Fr 1833. De Holothuriis. Turici 41 pp. 3 pls. [24, pl. 3(1)] [as Holothuria (Holothuria) 'Trepang' ananas].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Sulawesi (as Celebes), Indonesia.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Rowley Shoals, WA to Broadhurst Reef, Qld and Middleton Reef, Tasman Sea; Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 3-20 m

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), 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

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)