African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Holothuria (Stauropora) olivacea Ludwig, 1888

AfReMaS taxon details

Holothuria (Stauropora) olivacea Ludwig, 1888

AphiaID

210839 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210839)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Holothuria (Stauropora) Rowe, 1969

Original name

Holothuria (Stauropora) olivacea Ludwig, 1888

Synonymised names

Holothuria fusco-olivacea Fisher, 1907 · unaccepted

Environment

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

Original description

Ludwig, H. (1888). Die von Dr. J. Brock im Indischen Archipel gesammelten Holothurien. Zool. Jahrb. iii: pp. 805-820., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.1932 [details]

Taxonomic citation

AfReMaS (2025). Holothuria (Stauropora) olivacea Ludwig, 1888. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210839 on 2026-09-28

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. Holothuria (Stauropora) olivacea Ludwig, 1888. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210839 on 2026-09-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-12-23 14:38:49Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-09-22 07:17:05Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2007-07-03 13:16:59Z

changed

Appeltans, Ward

2010-10-08 06:02:59Z

checked

Paulay, Gustav

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original description Ludwig, H. (1888). Die von Dr. J. Brock im Indischen Archipel gesammelten Holothurien. Zool. Jahrb. iii: pp. 805-820., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.1932 [details]

original description (of Holothuria fusco-olivacea Fisher, 1907) Fisher, W. K. (1907). The Holothurians of the Hawaiian Islands. Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Inst, U. S. Nation. Mus., Proc. 32: (637-744). [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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source 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]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (2 records) (from synonym Holothuria fusco-olivacea Fisher, 1907)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 21214) (from synonym Holothuria fusco-olivacea Fisher, 1907)