African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Actinopyga Bronn, 1860

AphiaID

205662 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205662)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Holothuriidae Burmeister, 1837

Synonymised names

Muelleria Jaeger, 1833 · unaccepted > junior homonym (of Mulleria Ferussac, 1825...)

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

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Species Actinopyga bacilla Cherbonnier, 1988
Species Actinopyga bannwarthi Panning, 1944
Species Actinopyga caerulea Samyn, VandenSpiegel & Massin, 2006
Species Actinopyga crassa Panning, 1944
Species Actinopyga echinites (Jaeger, 1833)
Species Actinopyga lecanora (Jaeger, 1833)
Species Actinopyga mauritiana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Species Actinopyga miliaris (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Species Actinopyga obesa (Selenka, 1867)
Species Actinopyga serratidens Pearson, 1903
Species Actinopyga varians (Selenka, 1867)
Species Actinopyga plebeja (Selenka, 1867) accepted as Actinopyga echinites (Jaeger, 1833)

Environment

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

Original description

Bronn, H.G. (1860). Die Klassen und Ordnungen der Strahlenthiere (Actinozoa) wissenschaftlich dargestellt. In: Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs, wissenschaftlich dargestellt in Wort und Bild. Zweiter Band. Aktinozoen. Leipzig & Heidelberg: C.F. Winter. 434 pp., 48 pls. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11639 [details]

Taxonomic citation

AfReMaS (2021). Actinopyga Bronn, 1860. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/afremas./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205662 on 2026-04-19

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. Actinopyga Bronn, 1860. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205662 on 2026-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-06-07 07:51:36Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-09-21 11:31:59Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2006-09-04 10:51:58Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2012-11-14 00:49:53Z

checked

Paulay, Gustav

2013-06-24 06:04:26Z

changed

Paulay, Gustav

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original description Bronn, H.G. (1860). Die Klassen und Ordnungen der Strahlenthiere (Actinozoa) wissenschaftlich dargestellt. In: Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs, wissenschaftlich dargestellt in Wort und Bild. Zweiter Band. Aktinozoen. Leipzig & Heidelberg: C.F. Winter. 434 pp., 48 pls. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11639 [details]

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

basis of record Cherbonnier, G. (1988). Échinodermes: Holothurides. Faune de Madagascar. Paris, Publicé sous les auspices du Gouvernment de la République Malgache, Éditions de l'ORSTOM. 70: 1-292. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Samyn, Y.; Vandenspiegel, D.; Massin, C. (2006). A new Indo-West Pacific species of Actinopyga (Holothuroidea: Aspidochirotida: Holothuriidae). Zootaxa. 1138: 53-68., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.1138.1.3 [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]

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Introduced: alien

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