Plesiocolochirus ignavus Ludwig 1875
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Description
Plesiocolochirus ignavus (Ludwig, 1875)
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Material examined. Kermadec Islands, Meyer Island, rock wall scrapings, 6–15 m, collected S. Keable and A. Reid, 19 May 2011, fixed 10% formalin, preserved 70% ethanol, AIM MA 30358 (1); AM J24974 (2).
Remarks. As recorded by Rowe and Gates (1995), Plesiocolochirus ignavus (Ludwig, 1875) is found across southern Australia, and in our experience is one of the most abundant holothuroids. O’Loughlin & Alcock (2000) reported its occurrence in New Zealand in Hauraki Gulf (20 m) on the NE of the North Island, and in Dusky Sound (11–18 m). The Kermadec specimens are not the tropical species Plesiocolochirus australis (Ludwig, 1875) of northern Australia. Its occurrence on the Kermadec Islands is an extension of its distribution.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Ludwig
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Order
- Dendrochirotida
- Family
- Cucumariidae
- Genus
- Plesiocolochirus
- Species
- ignavus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Plesiocolochirus ignavus Ludwig, 1875 sec. O'Loughlin & Vandenspiegel, 2012
References
- Ludwig, H. (1875) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Holothurien. Arbeiten aus dem Zoologisch-Zootomischen Institut in Wurzburg, 2, 77 - 118, pls 6, 7.
- Rowe, F. W. E. & Gates, J. (1995) Echinodermata. In: Wells, A. (ed.), Zoological Catalogue of Australia 33, i - xiii, 1 - 510. CSIRO, Melbourne.
- O'Loughlin, P. M. & Alcock, N. (2000) The New Zealand Cucumariidae (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 58 (1), 1 - 24.