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Name

Thandar, A. S. (1992). The South African Museum's Meiring Naude cruises. Part 18: Holothuroidea. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 101: 159-180.

SourceID

6261

Authors

Thandar, A. S.

Year

1992

Title

The South African Museum's Meiring Naude cruises. Part 18: Holothuroidea

Journal

Ann. S. Afr. Mus.

Suffix

101: 159-180

Type

Publication

Abstract

Eighteen specimens representing five species of Holothuroidea collected off he coast of South Africa in waters between 280 m and 1,050 m are recorded. Three species, Pseudostichopus (P.) echinatus, Orphnurgus aspersignis, and Orphnurgus natalasper are new. The remaining two, Mesothuria parva (Theel) and Orphnurgus insignis Fisher, are new to the fauna of southern Africa, south of the Tropic of Capricorn. The material indicates a general paucity of species of deep-sea benthic holothuroids on the continental shelf and slope off the east coast of South Africa.

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Mesothuria Ludwig, 1894 (additional source)
Mesothuria (Mesothuria) parva (Théel, 1886) accepted as Mesothuria murrayi (Théel, 1886) (basis of record)
Orphnurgus Théel, 1879 (basis of record)
Orphnurgus aspersignis Thandar, 1992 (basis of record)
Orphnurgus aspersignis Thandar, 1992 (original description)
Orphnurgus insignis Fisher, 1907 (basis of record)
Orphnurgus natalasper Thandar, 1992 (original description)
Orphnurgus natalasper Thandar, 1992 (basis of record)
Pseudostichopus (Pseudostichopus) echinatus Thandar, 1992 accepted as Pseudostichopus echinatus Thandar, 1992 (original description)
Pseudostichopus echinatus Thandar, 1992 (basis of record)

South Africa (country) for Mesothuria (Mesothuria) parva (Théel, 1886)
South Africa (country) for Orphnurgus aspersignis Thandar, 1992
South Africa (country) for Orphnurgus insignis Fisher, 1907
South Africa (country) for Orphnurgus natalasper Thandar, 1992
South Africa (country) for Pseudostichopus echinatus Thandar, 1992

Distribution

for Orphnurgus aspersignis Thandar, 1992

Distribution: off Natal coast between Richards Bay and Kosi Bay, depth range 780-1200 m. (Thandar, 1992). [details]

Distribution

for Orphnurgus insignis Fisher, 1907

Distribution: off Natal, between Cape St. Lucia and Kosi Bay (depth range 860-1050 m.), south-east Africa, Japan, ... [details]

Distribution

for Orphnurgus natalasper Thandar, 1992

Distribution: known only from the holotype (Thandar, 1992). [details]

Distribution

for Pseudostichopus echinatus Thandar, 1992

Distribution: type locality and East Africa coast, south of the equator (Thandar, 1992). [details]

Ecology

for Mesothuria (Mesothuria) parva (Théel, 1886)

Ecology: benthic, continental slope, detritus feeder, deposit feeder. General distribution: tropical, west-central ... [details]

Holotype

for Mesothuria (Mesothuria) parva (Théel, 1886)

Holotype Natural History Museum, London (England) 1886.10.2.177. Type locality: Admiralty Is. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Holotype

for Orphnurgus aspersignis Thandar, 1992

Holotype in South African Museum, Cape Town (South Africa) A23436; paratypes in South African Museum, Cape Town A23437 (4 ... [details]

Holotype

for Orphnurgus natalasper Thandar, 1992

Holotype in South African Museum, Cape Town (South Africa) A23440. Type locality: off Lake St. Lucia, Natal ... [details]

Remark

for Mesothuria Ludwig, 1894

Type species: Mesothuria multipes Ludwig, 1893 by monotypy in Thandar, 1992), by original designation according to ... [details]

Remark

for Orphnurgus Théel, 1879

Type species: Orphnurgus asper Théel 1879 (by monotypy) (Thandar, 1992). [details]

Remark

for Pseudostichopus echinatus Thandar, 1992

In Subgenus (Pseudostichopus) Theél, 1886. Holotype in South African Museum, Cape Town (South Africa) A23435. Type ... [details]