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WoRMS name details
original description
(of Holothuria (Holothuria) atra Jaeger, 1833) Jaeger, G. F. (1833). De Holothuriis. <em>Gessnerianis, Turici.</em> 41 pp. 3 pls., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10588969 [details]
basis of record
Rowe, F. W. E. (1969). A review of the family Holothuriidae (Holothurioidea: Aspidochirotida). <em>Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) (Zool.).</em> 18(4): 119-170., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2636614 [details]
additional source
Bell, F. J. (1884). Echinodermata. In: R.W. Coppinger (ed): Report on the Zoological Collections made in the indo-pacific Ocean during the voyage of HMS Alert, 1881-2. <em>London.</em> [details]
additional source
Tortonese, E. (1980). Researches on the coast of Somalia. Littoral Echinodermata. Monitore zoologico italiano NS Supplemento XIII 5: 99-139. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Cherbonnier, G. (1979). Holothuries nouvelles ou peu connues de mer Rouge (Echinodermes). Bull. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat., Paris, 4ieme serie, 1, Section A, no 4: 861-870. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Description Sometimes accompanied by the polynoid polychaete, Gastrolepidia clavigera, which crawls over its host and matches the host in color (Bakus, 1973).
General distribution: from the Red Sea to Hawaii, Eastern Pacific (Is. Coccos, Clipperton, Galapagos) (Tortonese, 1980); tropical, Panamic Region, Indo-Pacific Ocean, eastern Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-30 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).; widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific (Conand, 1998).
Also distributed in Celebes, Amboina (Selenka, 1867); Florida, Celebes, East Indies and Pacific Islands (Pearson, 1910); SE Arabia, Persian Gulf, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995); India (Sastry, 1996).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, detritus feeder, deposit feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]Unreviewed
Remark In subgenus (Halodeima) Pearson, 1914. Type species of the Subgenus: (Halodeima) (Tortonese, 1980).
Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: Sulawesi (as Celebes), Indonesia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
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