WoRMS taxon details

Aslia spyridophora (H.L. Clark, 1923)

212469  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212469)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cucumaria spyridophora H.L. Clark, 1923) Clark, H. L. (1923). The Echinoderm fauna of South Africa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 13(7): 221-435, 23 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1541222#page/263/mode/1up [details]   
Type locality contained in Mossel bay  
type locality contained in Mossel bay [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Description Small species, 17-40 mm; life colouration grey, greyish -brown or dark maroon with the suckers often rust-coloured....  
Description Small species, 17-40 mm; life colouration grey, greyish -brown or dark maroon with the suckers often rust-coloured. Habitat: Sand, pebbles, broken shells, rock. Usually cryptofaunic orin soft conglomerates of sand, shells and stones (Conand, 1998).
Distribution: from Lambert's Bay on the south-west coast to Perrier's Rock, south of Cape Vidal on the east coast (Thandar, 1991). [details]
WoRMS (2024). Aslia spyridophora (H.L. Clark, 1923). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212469 on 2024-04-16
Date
action
by
1998-08-06 08:08:59Z
created
2000-09-29 10:30:23Z
changed
Garcia, Maria
2010-10-14 14:30:08Z
checked
2019-07-05 18:14:13Z
changed

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original description  (of Cucumaria spyridophora H.L. Clark, 1923) Clark, H. L. (1923). The Echinoderm fauna of South Africa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 13(7): 221-435, 23 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1541222#page/263/mode/1up [details]   

basis of record Deichmann, E. (1948). The Holothurian fauna of South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 11 (2): 325-376 [details]   

additional source Thandar, A.S. (1991). The Cucumariid holothurians of southern Africa with the erection of a new genus. S. Afr. J. Zool. 26(3): 115 - 139. (look up in IMIS[details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description Small species, 17-40 mm; life colouration grey, greyish -brown or dark maroon with the suckers often rust-coloured. Habitat: Sand, pebbles, broken shells, rock. Usually cryptofaunic orin soft conglomerates of sand, shells and stones (Conand, 1998).
Distribution: from Lambert's Bay on the south-west coast to Perrier's Rock, south of Cape Vidal on the east coast (Thandar, 1991). [details]