WoRMS taxon details
Actinopyga serratidens Pearson, 1903
208955 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208955)
accepted
Species
- Subspecies Actinopyga serratidens bannwarthi Panning, 1944 accepted as Actinopyga bannwarthi Panning, 1944
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Pearson, J. (1903). Report on the Holothurioidea collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. Rep. on Ceylon Pearl Oyster Fisheries Pt. I: pp. 181-208. [details]
Holotype CMS, geounit Sri Lanka
Holotype CMS, geounit Sri Lanka [details]
Description Also distributed in Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies and Philippine (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Description Also distributed in Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies and Philippine (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, detritus feeder, deposit feeder. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-5 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Ecology: benthic, inshore, detritus feeder, deposit feeder. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-5 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
WoRMS (2025). Actinopyga serratidens Pearson, 1903. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208955 on 2025-12-22
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2000-09-22 07:17:05Z
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Garcia, Maria
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Nomenclature
original description
Pearson, J. (1903). Report on the Holothurioidea collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. Rep. on Ceylon Pearl Oyster Fisheries Pt. I: pp. 181-208. [details]
basis of record Cherbonnier, G. (1988). Échinodermes: Holothurides. Faune de Madagascar. <em>Paris, Publicé sous les auspices du Gouvernment de la République Malgache, Éditions de l'ORSTOM.</em> 70: 1-292. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cherbonnier, G. (1988). Échinodermes: Holothurides. Faune de Madagascar. <em>Paris, Publicé sous les auspices du Gouvernment de la République Malgache, Éditions de l'ORSTOM.</em> 70: 1-292. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Samyn, Y.; Vandenspiegel, D.; Massin, C. (2006). A new Indo-West Pacific species of Actinopyga (Holothuroidea: Aspidochirotida: Holothuriidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1138: 53-68., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.1138.1.3 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype CMS, geounit Sri Lanka [details]
Unreviewed
Description Also distributed in Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies and Philippine (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).Ecology: benthic, inshore, detritus feeder, deposit feeder. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-5 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
