Species Thyone nigra Joshua & Creed, 1915
- Thyone nigra Joshua, E.C. & Creed, E. 1915. South Australian Holothuroidea, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 39: 16-24 pls 2-4 [20, pl. 3(3-4)].
Type data:
Holotype SAM K1376, off SA (33–37ºS 132–140ºE).
Status unknown, NMV H148 a slide of ossicles, S. Australia.
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Port Phillip Bay, Vic to Cockburn Sound, WA. Depth range 0-20 m.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Great Australian Bight, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, inshore, suspension feeder, temperate.
General References
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567
O'Loughlin, P.M., Barmos, S. & VandenSpiegel, D. 2012. The phyllophorid sea cucumbers of southern Australia (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida: Phyllophoridae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 69: 269–308 (revised diagnosis, new records)
Rowe, F.W.E. 1982. Sea-cucumbers (Class Holothurioidea). 454-476-11 figs pls 29(6), 30(3-4), 31(1) in Shepherd, S.A. & Thomas, I.M. (eds). Marine Invertebrates of Southern Australia. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Adelaide : Government Printer Part 1 491 pp.
History of changes
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