WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Holothuria fusco-rubra Théel, 1886) Théel, H. (1886). Report on the Holothurioidea collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873-76. Part II. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 14 (part 39): 1-290, pl. 1-16., available online at http://19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-39/htm/doc.html [details]
basis of record
Deichmann, E. (1948). The Holothurian fauna of South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 11 (2): 325-376 [details]
source of synonymy
Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia'.</em> 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne). [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Ecology Ecology: benthic, inshore, detritus feeder, deposit feeder. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific, shallow waters (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Remark In Subgenus (Mertensiothuria) Deichmann, 1958. Holotype Natural History Museum, London (England) 1886.10.2.173. Type locality: Hawaiian Ils (as 'Sandwich Islands') (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Synonymy According to Deichmann (1948) <234> Holothuria fuscorubra is a junior synonym of Holothuria leucospilota (brandt, 1835) [details]
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