MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Orcula Troschel, 1846

WoRMS name details

Orcula Troschel, 1846

AphiaID

123500 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123500)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Ekmania Hansen & McKenzie, 1991

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Orcula barthii Troschel, 1846 accepted as Ekmania barthii (Troschel, 1846) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Cucumariidae Ludwig, 1894

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Subgenus Orcula (Phyllophorus)
1. Species Orcula (Phyllophorus) dubia Bedford, 1899 accepted as Phyllophorus dubia (Bedford, 1899)
Species Orcula barthii Troschel, 1846 accepted as Ekmania barthii (Troschel, 1846) (synonym)
Species Orcula cucumiformis Semper, 1868 accepted as Afrocucumis africana (Semper, 1867)
Species Orcula discrepans Sluiter, 1901 accepted as Phyllophorus (Phyllothuria) discrepans (Sluiter, 1901)
Species Orcula hypsipyrga von Marenzeller, 1882 accepted as Phyllophorus (Phyllothuria) hypsipyrga (von Marenzeller, 1882)
Species Orcula luminosa Lampert, 1885 accepted as Ekmania barthii (Troschel, 1846) (synonym)
Species Orcula punctata Agassiz, 1852 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Species Orcula purpureo-punctata Sluiter, 1901 accepted as Phyllophorus (Phyllophorella) purpureopunctata (Sluiter, 1901) represented as Phyllophorella purpureopunctata (Sluiter, 1901)
Species Orcula tenera Ludwig, 1875 accepted as Thyonidiella tenera (Ludwig, 1875) accepted as Phyrella tenera (Ludwig, 1875)
Species Orcula torense Helfer, 1913 accepted as Ohshimella ehrenbergii (Selenka, 1868)

Environment

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

Original description

Troschel, F.H. (1846). Neue Holothurien-Gattungen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 12(1): 60-66. [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Orcula Troschel, 1846. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123500 on 2025-05-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2013-06-10 08:43:23Z

changed

Paulay, Gustav

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Nomenclature

original description Troschel, F.H. (1846). Neue Holothurien-Gattungen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 12(1): 60-66. [details]

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

additional source Madsen, F.J.; Hansen, B. (1994). Echinodermata Holothurioidea. Marine invertebrates of Scandinavia, 9. Scandinavian University Press: Oslo, Norway. ISBN 82-00-03936-6. 143 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Selenka, E. (1867). Beiträge zur Anatomie und Systematik der Holothurien. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 17(2): 291-374, pls. XVII-XX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45007590#page/321/mode/1up [details]

To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Orcula)

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