WoRMS taxon details
Molpadia Cuvier, 1817
AphiaID: 123540
AphiaID: 123540
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Molpadida (Order) > Molpadiidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Molpadia musculus Risso, 1826 | ||||||||||
| Parent | Molpadiidae Müller, 1850 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Ankyroderma Ludwig, 1890, non Danielssen & Koren, 1879 (synonym) Eumolpadia Heding, 1935 (synonym) Haplodactyla Théel, 1886 (synonym) Paramolpadia Heding, 1935 (synonym) Paratrochostoma Heding, 1931 (synonym) Trochostoma Danielssen & Koren, 1878 (synonym) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Thandar, A.S. (1999). Deep-sea Holothuroids taken by the R.V. Africana II in 1959, from off the West Coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., Vol. 105(9): 364-409, 16 figs, 2 tables (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Pawson, D. (2009). Holothuroidea (Echinodermata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] additional source: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source: Madsen, F.J.; Hansen, B. (1994). Echinodermata Holothurioidea. Marine invertebrates of Scandinavia, 9. Scandinavian University Press: Oslo, Norway. ISBN 82-00-03936-6. 143 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: The Zoological Record: records of zoological literature relating chiefly to the year: Zoological Society of London City: London, UK (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Koren, J. & Danielsen, D.C. (1877). [Echinodermata] Fra den norske Nordhavs Expedition. N. Mag. Naturv. Xxiii. 3, pp. 45-83, pls. I.-v., xxiv. Pp. 229-266, pls. I.-iv. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subgenus Molpadia (Paramolpadia) Heding, 1935
Species Molpadia acutum (Koehler & Vaney, 1905) Species Molpadia africana (Ludwig & Heding, 1935) Species Molpadia agassizii (Théel, 1886) Species Molpadia amorpha Clark, 1908 Species Molpadia andamanensis (Walsh, 1891) Species Molpadia antarctica (Theel, 1886) Species Molpadia arctica (Marenzeller von, 1877) Species Molpadia arenicola (Stimpson, 1857) Species Molpadia barbouri Deichmann, 1940 Species Molpadia blakei (Théel, 1886) Species Molpadia borealis Sars M, 1859 Species Molpadia brevicaudata (Koehler & Vaney, 1905) Species Molpadia capensis Heding, 1935 Species Molpadia changi Pawson & Liao, 1992 Species Molpadia clarki Ohshima, 1915 Species Molpadia concolor (Koehler & Vaney, 1905) Species Molpadia contortum (Koehler & Vaney, 1905) Species Molpadia cubana Deichmann, 1940 Species Molpadia diomediae (Mitsukuri, 1912) Species Molpadia discors Pawson, 1977 Species Molpadia dispar (Sluiter, 1901) Species Molpadia dissimilis Clark, 1909 Species Molpadia elongata (Koehler & Vaney, 1905) Species Molpadia eltaninae Pawson, 1977 Species Molpadia gephyra Sluiter, 1914 Species Molpadia granulata (Ludwig, 1893) Species Molpadia guangdongensis Pawson & Liao, 1992 Species Molpadia hirta (Ludwig & Heding, 1935) Species Molpadia hispida Ludwig & Heding, 1935 Species Molpadia holothurioides Cuvier, 1817 Species Molpadia infesta Ohshima, 1915 Species Molpadia inflata (Augustin, 1908) Species Molpadia intermedia (Ludwig, 1893) Species Molpadia jeffreysi Species Molpadia lenticulum (Cherbonnier & Féral, 1981) Species Molpadia liska Pawson, 1977 Species Molpadia loricata (R. Perrier, 1898) Species Molpadia maroccana (Perrier, 1898) Species Molpadia millardae Thandar, 1999 Species Molpadia musculus Risso, 1826 Species Molpadia niasica (Ludwig & Heding, 1935) Species Molpadia oolitica (Pourtalès, 1851) Species Molpadia parva (Clark, 1908) Species Molpadia parvicauda (Cherbonnier, 1964) Species Molpadia parvulum (Cherbonnier & Féral, 1981) Species Molpadia paupera (Koehler & Vaney, 1905) Species Molpadia perforata (Sluiter, 1901) Species Molpadia polymorpha (Koehler & Vaney, 1905) Species Molpadia roretzi (von Marenzeller, 1877) Species Molpadia roretzii (Marenzeller von, 1877) Species Molpadia scabrum (Sluiter, 1901) Species Molpadia spinosa (Ludwig, 1893) Species Molpadia thomsoni (Danielssen & Koren, 1879) Species Molpadia triforia (Cherbonnier, 1964) Species Molpadia turgida Verrill, 1879 Species Molpadia undulata (Koehler & Vaney, 1905) Species Molpadia agassizi (Théel, 1886) accepted as Molpadia agassizii (Théel, 1886) Species Molpadia albicans Auctt. accepted as Hedingia albicans (Théel, 1886) Deichmann, 1938 Species Molpadia altimensis Clark, 1938 accepted as Molpadia scabrum (Sluiter, 1901) Species Molpadia australis Semper, 1868 accepted as Paracaudina australis (Semper, 1868) Species Molpadia bathybia Clark, 1920 accepted as Molpadia granulata (Ludwig, 1893) Species Molpadia chilensis Müller, 1850 accepted as Paracaudina chilensis (Müller, 1850) Species Molpadia chinensis Chang, 1934 accepted as Molpadia roretzi (von Marenzeller, 1877) Species Molpadia coriacea Hutton, 1872 accepted as Caudina coriacea (Hutton, 1872) Species Molpadia danielsseni Théel, 1886 accepted as Molpadia musculus Risso, 1826 Species Molpadia demissa Sluiter, 1901 accepted as Acaudina demissa (Sluiter, 1901) Species Molpadia oolitica Mortensen, 1914 non Pourtalès, 1851 accepted as Molpadia borealis Sars M, 1859 Species Molpadia productamensis Clark, 1909 accepted as Molpadia scabrum (Sluiter, 1901) Species Molpadia violacea Studer, 1876 accepted as Molpadia musculus Risso, 1826 | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
deposit feeder: subsurface [details]
grazer [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: This more or less cosmopolitan genus is represented in southern Africa by Molpadia millardae, described as new to science in Tandar (1999), and M. capensis Heding, 1935. Two specimens of an indeterminate species in Thandar's collection are also referred to this genus. [details] Remark: Type species: Molpadia musculus Risso, 1826 by monotypy (not confirmed) (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123540 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Paulay, G.; Hansson, H. (2013). Molpadia Cuvier, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123540 on 2013-05-18 | |||||||||||
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