Deep-Sea taxon details
Heterocucumis steineni (Ludwig, 1898)
174085 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:174085)
accepted
Species
Cucumaria antarctica Vaney, 1906 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Ekmocucumis steineri (Ludwig, 1886) · unaccepted (misspelling and dating)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Ludwig, H. (1898). Holothurien. Ergebnisse der Hamburger Magalhaensischen Sammelreise. 1: 1–98, 3 pls.
page(s): 30-32, pl. 2 (figs 22-24) [details]
page(s): 30-32, pl. 2 (figs 22-24) [details]
Deep-Sea (2025). Heterocucumis steineni (Ludwig, 1898). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174085 on 2026-01-19
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Heterocucumis steineni (Ludwig, 1898). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174085 on 2026-01-19
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(of ) Ludwig, H. (1898). Holothurien. Ergebnisse der Hamburger Magalhaensischen Sammelreise. 1: 1–98, 3 pls.
page(s): 30-32, pl. 2 (figs 22-24) [details]
original description (of Cucumaria antarctica Vaney, 1906) Vaney, M. C. (1906). Note préliminaire sur les holothuries recueillies par l'expédition Antarctique Française du Dr Charcot. <em>Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 12(6): 402–407., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/951259
page(s): 404 [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 O'Loughlin, P.M. (2002). Report on selected species of BANZARE and ANARE Holothuroidea, with reviews of Meeres Ludwig and Heterocucumis Panning (Echinodermata). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 59(2): 297-325. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 317 [details]
new combination reference Massin C. (1994). Ossicle variation in Antarctic dendrochirote holothurians (Echinodermata). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique: Biologie, 64, 129-146.
page(s): 130-145, figs 5-16 [details]
page(s): 30-32, pl. 2 (figs 22-24) [details]
original description (of Cucumaria antarctica Vaney, 1906) Vaney, M. C. (1906). Note préliminaire sur les holothuries recueillies par l'expédition Antarctique Française du Dr Charcot. <em>Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 12(6): 402–407., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/951259
page(s): 404 [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 O'Loughlin, P.M. (2002). Report on selected species of BANZARE and ANARE Holothuroidea, with reviews of Meeres Ludwig and Heterocucumis Panning (Echinodermata). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 59(2): 297-325. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 317 [details]
new combination reference Massin C. (1994). Ossicle variation in Antarctic dendrochirote holothurians (Echinodermata). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique: Biologie, 64, 129-146.
page(s): 130-145, figs 5-16 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (34 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Cucumaria antarctica Vaney, 1906)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Heterocucumis steineni)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (1132668 [IZ] Heterocucumis steineni, lateral)
To NMNH Extant Collection (1132668 [IZ] Heterocucumis steineni, posterior)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (79 records) (from synonym Ekmocucumis steineri (Ludwig, 1886))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (9 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Cucumaria antarctica Vaney, 1906)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Heterocucumis steineni)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (1132668 [IZ] Heterocucumis steineni, lateral)
To NMNH Extant Collection (1132668 [IZ] Heterocucumis steineni, posterior)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (79 records) (from synonym Ekmocucumis steineri (Ludwig, 1886))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (9 records)
Unreviewed
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