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Psolidae Forbes 1841
Creators
- 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.
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Additional details
Identifiers
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.