WoRMS taxon details
Actinopyga mauritiana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
208956 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208956)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Holothuria mauritiana Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Quoy J.R.C. & Gaimard J.P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de découvertes de l'"Astrolabe" exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833]. Paris: Tastu. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/2132 [details]
Description Colour in life: when contracted is deep chocolate brown and creviced surface; crevices bordered with light grey border;...
Description Colour in life: when contracted is deep chocolate brown and creviced surface; crevices bordered with light grey border; uniformly deep brown immediately surrounding cloaca; grey below (Humphreys, 1981).
Also distributed in W India, Pakistan, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan, South Pacific IS. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971).; India (Sastry, 1996); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Widely distributed in the tropical Indo-Pacific; from the Red Sea to Hawaii (Tortonese, 1980); tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, shallow waters (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, detritus feeder, deposit feeder H. martensii in Pearson, 1910. [details]
Also distributed in W India, Pakistan, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan, South Pacific IS. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971).; India (Sastry, 1996); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Widely distributed in the tropical Indo-Pacific; from the Red Sea to Hawaii (Tortonese, 1980); tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, shallow waters (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, detritus feeder, deposit feeder H. martensii in Pearson, 1910. [details]
WoRMS (2021). Actinopyga mauritiana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834). Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208956 on 2021-01-19
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Garcia, Maria
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original description
(of Holothuria mauritiana Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Quoy J.R.C. & Gaimard J.P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de découvertes de l'"Astrolabe" exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833]. Paris: Tastu. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/2132 [details]
basis of record Bell, F. J. (1884). Echinodermata. In: R.W. Coppinger (ed): Report on the Zoological Collections made in the indo-pacific Ocean during the voyage of HMS Alert, 1881-2. <em>London.</em> [details]
additional source Tortonese, E. (1980). Researches on the coast of Somalia. Littoral Echinodermata. Monitore zoologico italiano NS Supplemento XIII 5: 99-139. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Ludwig, H. (1899). Echinodermen des Sansibargebietes. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Bonn.</em> 21(1): 537-563., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26416428 [details]
additional source Samyn, Y.; Vandenspiegel, D.; Massin, C. (2006). A new Indo-West Pacific species of Actinopyga (Holothuroidea: Aspidochirotida: Holothuriidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1138: 53-68., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.1138.1.3 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Bell, F. J. (1884). Echinodermata. In: R.W. Coppinger (ed): Report on the Zoological Collections made in the indo-pacific Ocean during the voyage of HMS Alert, 1881-2. <em>London.</em> [details]
additional source Tortonese, E. (1980). Researches on the coast of Somalia. Littoral Echinodermata. Monitore zoologico italiano NS Supplemento XIII 5: 99-139. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Ludwig, H. (1899). Echinodermen des Sansibargebietes. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Bonn.</em> 21(1): 537-563., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26416428 [details]
additional source Samyn, Y.; Vandenspiegel, D.; Massin, C. (2006). A new Indo-West Pacific species of Actinopyga (Holothuroidea: Aspidochirotida: Holothuriidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1138: 53-68., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.1138.1.3 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description Colour in life: when contracted is deep chocolate brown and creviced surface; crevices bordered with light grey border; uniformly deep brown immediately surrounding cloaca; grey below (Humphreys, 1981).Also distributed in W India, Pakistan, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan, South Pacific IS. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971).; India (Sastry, 1996); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Widely distributed in the tropical Indo-Pacific; from the Red Sea to Hawaii (Tortonese, 1980); tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, shallow waters (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, detritus feeder, deposit feeder H. martensii in Pearson, 1910. [details]
Remark Sybtypes Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France) (3 specimens). Type locality: Mauritius, Indian Ocean (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
To Barcode of Life (27 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Holothuria mauritiana Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Holothuria mauritiana Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (23 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Holothuria mauritiana Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Holothuria mauritiana Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (23 records)
