Holothuria exilis Koehler and Vaney, 1908

Yves, 2003, The holothurian subgenus Mertensiothuria (Aspidochirotida: Holothuriidae) revisited, Journal of Natural History 37, pp. 2487-2519 : 2496-2497

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1464-5262

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5271008

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scientific name

Holothuria exilis Koehler and Vaney, 1908
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Holothuria exilis Koehler and Vaney, 1908

Holothuria exilis Koehler and Vaney, 1908: 17 , pl. 1, figures 11–15; Panning, 1935d: 8, figure 112.

Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) exilis: Rowe, 1969: 149 .

Holothuria (Stauropora) pervicax: Samyn et al., 2001: 104 View in CoL .

Original name. Holothuria exilis Koehler and Vaney, 1908 .

Name-bearing type. Holotype, IM 5618 /6.

Type locality. India (Andaman Isles) .

Current status. Holothuria exilis Koehler and Vaney, 1908 .

Material examined. None.

Description. See Koehler and Vaney, 1908: 17, pl. 1, figures 11–15.

Diagnosis. See Koehler and Vaney, 1908: 17, pl. 1, figures 11–15.

Ecology. Unknown.

Geographical distribution. Only known from the type locality.

Proposed status. Holothuria exilis Koehler and Vaney, 1908 .

Comments. In their description, Koehler and Vaney (1908) already noted that H. exilis is very close to H. pervicax Selenka, 1867 . In his review of the Holothuriidae Rowe (1969) noted that H. exilis ‘will prove to be conspecific with H. pervicax Selenka, 1867 ’ [sic]. After re-examination of the type material of H. pervicax, Rowe (in Rowe and Gates, 1995) placed H. pervicax in the subgenus Stauropora . The type material of H. exilis is held in the Museum of Calcutta, but is in poor condition (Haldar, personal communication) and can only be examined on site. Although there are some presumptions that H. exilis is a junior synonym of H. pervicax and may therefore be referable to Stauropora , we will provisionally not allocate H. exilis to a given subgenus. Only a careful, on-site study of the type material will allow the matter to be settled.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Echinodermata

Class

Holothuroidea

Order

Holothuriida

Family

Holothuriidae

Genus

Holothuria

Loc

Holothuria exilis Koehler and Vaney, 1908

Yves 2003
2003
Loc

Holothuria (Stauropora) pervicax:

Samyn 2001: 104
2001
Loc

Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) exilis:

Rowe 1969: 149
1969
Loc

Holothuria exilis

Koehler and Vaney 1908: 17
1908
Loc

Holothuria exilis

Koehler and Vaney 1908
1908
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