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Psolidae Forbes 1841

  • 1. Marine Biology Section, Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne, 3001, Victoria, Australia (email: pmo @ bigpond. net. au)
  • 2. Department of Invertebrate Zoology, MRC- 163, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, Washington DC, 20013 - 7012, USA

Description

Psolidae Forbes, 1841

Remarks. A synonymy and diagnosis for Psolidae are provided by O’Loughlin and Maric (2008). Pawson and Fell (1965), and subsequent authors, have nominated Perrier (1902) as the systematic author of Psolidae. We recognise Forbes (1841) as the original author.

Notes

Published as part of O'Loughlin, P. Mark & Ahearn, Cynthia, 2008, Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic species of Psolidium Ludwig (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Psolidae), pp. 23-42 in Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65 on page 24, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2008.65.2, http://zenodo.org/record/10665899

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Psolidae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Dendrochirotida
Phylum
Echinodermata
Scientific name authorship
Forbes
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Psolidae Forbes, 1841 sec. O'Loughlin & Ahearn, 2008

References

  • Forbes, E. 1841. A history of British starfishes and other animals of the class Echinodermata. John van Voorst: London. 267 pp.
  • O'Loughlin P. M. and Maric, D. 2008. Australian species of Psolidium Ludwig (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Psolidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65: 1 - 22.
  • Pawson, D. L. and Fell, H. B. 1965. A revised classification of the dendrochirote holothurians. Breviora 214: 1 - 7.
  • Perrier, R. 1902. Holothuries. Pp. 273 - 554, pls 12 - 22 in: Expeditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les annees 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883. Masson et Cie, Editeurs, Paris.