WoRMS name details
Echiurus chrysacanthophorus (Couthouy, 1838)
268151 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:268151)
unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Couthouy, J. P. (1838). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca and shells, and remarks on several Polypii, found in Massachussets Bay. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 2(1): 53-111, pl. 1-3., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32266711
page(s): 58; note: as Holothuria chrysacanthophora [details]
page(s): 58; note: as Holothuria chrysacanthophora [details]
WoRMS (2026). Echiurus chrysacanthophorus (Couthouy, 1838). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=268151 on 2026-06-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Couthouy, J. P. (1838). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca and shells, and remarks on several Polypii, found in Massachussets Bay. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 2(1): 53-111, pl. 1-3., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32266711
page(s): 58; note: as Holothuria chrysacanthophora [details]
new combination reference Pourtalés, L. F. de. (1851). On the Gephyrea of the Atlantic coast of the United States. <em>Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> 1851: 39-42., available online at https://books.google.co.jp/books?id=zwoLAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false [details]
page(s): 58; note: as Holothuria chrysacanthophora [details]
new combination reference Pourtalés, L. F. de. (1851). On the Gephyrea of the Atlantic coast of the United States. <em>Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> 1851: 39-42., available online at https://books.google.co.jp/books?id=zwoLAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Diesing, K. M. (1859). Revision der Rhyngodeen. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> 37: 719–782., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6441320 [details]
source of synonymy van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
source of synonymy van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
From editor or global species database
Original description This species was originally described as Holothuria chrysacanthophora Couthouy, 1838. [details]
