World Register of Deep-Sea species - Holothuria spirans Forsskål, 1775

Deep-Sea name details

Holothuria spirans Forsskål, 1775

AphiaID

151873 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151873)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted name

Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Holothuria Linnaeus, 1767

Original name

Holothuria spirans Forsskål, 1775

Environment

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

Original description

Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Deep-Sea (2025). Holothuria spirans Forsskål, 1775. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151873 on 2026-07-18

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Holothuria spirans Forsskål, 1775. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151873 on 2026-07-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-07 08:53:48Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2012-01-13 07:12:54Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2024-07-06 01:46:13Z

changed

Paulay, Gustav

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Sources (3)
Documented distribution (2)

original description Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

basis of record Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 104 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality