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Name

Cherbonnier, G. (1952). Contributions a la connaissance des Holothuries de l'Afrique du Sud. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, Vol 33(4): 469-508.

SourceID

5995

Type

Publication

IMIS-ID

11388

Abstract

G. Cherbonnier describes the South African Holothurians from Port Nolloth to Delagoa Bay. The preceeding investigations on South African Holothurians is summarized. Each species gets a descripton, the references of litterature, the finding-spots and the depth of capture. Eight new species are described.

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Cucumaria de Blainville, 1830 (additional source)
Synallactes Ludwig, 1894 (additional source)
Synallactes viridilimus Cherbonnier, 1952 (original description)
Synallactes viridilimus Cherbonnier, 1952 (basis of record)

South Africa (country) for Synallactes viridilimus Cherbonnier, 1952

Description

for Synallactes mollis Cherbonnier, 1952

Known from a single specimen from the northern part of eastern South-Africa [details]

Description

for Synallactes viridilimus Cherbonnier, 1952

Known from a single specimen from the northern part of eastern South-Africa [details]

Description

for Thyone aurea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

Habitat: Sand, white sand, fine sand, rock. Species often cryptofaunic or amongst Pyura, sometimes washed upon ... [details]

Description

for Thyone proceracorona Cherbonnier, 1952

Only known from an incomplete animal from South Africa [details]

Distribution

for Cucumaria deichmanni Cherbonnier, 1952

Known from a single specimen from Swakopmund, South Africa (Cherbonnier, 1952). [details]

Remark

for Cucumaria de Blainville, 1830

By designating Cucumaria frondosa Gunnerus, 1767 as the type species of Cucumaria, Panning (1949) restricted the ... [details]

Remark

for Cucumaria sinorbis Cherbonnier, 1952

Type species of Pseudocnella (Thandar, 1991). [details]

Remark

for Cucumaria tetracentriophora Heding, 1938

Type species of Pseudoaslia (Thandar, 1991). Type locality: South Africa; type specimen probably collected at Bonza ... [details]

Remark

for Opheodesoma Fisher, 1907

Genus Opheodesoma placed in family Synallactidae in Cherbonnier (1952). Family not listed in Clark and Rowe (1971). ... [details]

Remark

for Pentacta Goldfuss, 1820

The universal use of the generic name Pantacta Goldfuss, 1820 (type species: Pentacta doliolum (Pallus, 1766) by ... [details]

Synonymy

for Cucumaria insolens Théel, 1886

Not clear from Deichmann (1948) whether she regards C. insolens as a synonym for C. sykion; Cherbonnier (1952) ... [details]

Synonymy

for Thyone proceracorona Cherbonnier, 1952

Junior synonym [details]

Type locality

for Thyone aurea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

Tye locality: Cape of Good Hope (Deichmann, 1948). [details]