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Species Trachythyone candida O'Loughlin & O'Hara, 1993

Trachythyone candida O'Loughlin, P.M. & O'Hara, T.D. 1993. New cucumariid holothurians (Echinodermata) from southern Australia, including two brooding and one fissiparous species. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 53(2): 227-266, figs 1-8 pls 1-10 [Date published 1993: imprint date of 31 December 1992; available 1993] [240].
Type data:
Holotype NMV F59200, Flinders, VIC.
Paratype(s) NMV F59201 1 specimen, Flinders, VIC; MCZ 1151 slide, whole body mount; NMV F54229 1 specimen, Phillip Is, VIC.

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Mallacoota to western side of Cape Otway, Vic, to Southport Tas. Depth range 0-7 m

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, detritivore, 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 (as Psolodium sp.)

Joshua, E.C. 1914. Victorian Holothuroidea, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 27(1): 1-11, pl. 1 (misidentified as Psolidium convergens Herouard, 1901)

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. (as Trachythyone sp.)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Vail, L.L. 1982. The distributions of Tasmanian echinoderms in relation to southern Australian biogeographic provinces. pp. 219-225 fig. 1 in Lawrence, J.M. (ed.). Echinoderms: Proceedings of the International Conference, Tampa Bay. Rotterdam : A.A. Balkema. (as Trachythyone sp. (part))

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		20-Jan-2014	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)