African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS name details

Muelleria Jaeger, 1833

AphiaID

203987 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:203987)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior homonym (of Mulleria Ferussac, 1825 (Mollusca) as well as Mulleria Fleming, 1828 (Synaptidae; = Oestergrenia Heding, 1931))

Accepted name

Actinopyga Bronn, 1860

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Muelleria echinites Jaeger, 1833 accepted as Actinopyga echinites (Jaeger, 1833) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Holothuriidae Burmeister, 1837

Original name

Muelleria Jaeger, 1833

Direct children (9)

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Species Muelleria echinites Jaeger, 1833 accepted as Actinopyga echinites (Jaeger, 1833)
Species Muelleria lecanora Jaeger, 1833 accepted as Actinopyga lecanora (Jaeger, 1833)
Species Muelleria maculata (Brandt) accepted as Holothuria (Microthele) whitmaei Bell, 1887 represented as Holothuria whitmaei Bell, 1887 (or H. (M.) fuscogilva; jr homonym of H. m. Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821)
Species Muelleria mauritiana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) accepted as Actinopyga mauritiana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Species Muelleria miliaris (Quoy & Gaimard) accepted as Actinopyga miliaris (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Species Muelleria nobilis Selenka, 1867 accepted as Holothuria nobilis (Selenka, 1867) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Muelleria parvula Selenka, 1867 accepted as Holothuria (Platyperona) parvula (Selenka, 1867)
Species Muelleria plebeja Selenka, 1867 accepted as Actinopyga echinites (Jaeger, 1833)
Species Muelleria varians Selenka, 1867 accepted as Actinopyga varians (Selenka, 1867)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Jaeger, G. F. (1833). De Holothuriis. Gessnerianis, Turici. 41 pp. 3 pls., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10588969 [details]

Taxonomic citation

AfReMaS (2025). Muelleria Jaeger, 1833. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203987 on 2026-08-12

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Muelleria Jaeger, 1833. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203987 on 2026-08-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2000-07-24 07:28:46Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2000-09-21 11:31:59Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2006-09-25 06:54:45Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2008-01-30 17:49:58Z

changed

Bohn, Jens

2013-06-07 07:51:19Z

changed

Paulay, Gustav

2013-06-14 11:51:00Z

changed

Paulay, Gustav

2020-06-07 22:17:01Z

changed

Paulay, Gustav

2025-03-07 20:22:18Z

changed

Paulay, Gustav

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Sources (3)

original description Jaeger, G. F. (1833). De Holothuriis. Gessnerianis, Turici. 41 pp. 3 pls., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10588969 [details]

basis of record Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII. 510 pp. [details]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]