Actinopyga echinites

Actinopyga echinites

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Holothuriida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Holothuroidea Ordo: Holothuriida

Familia: Holothuriidae
Genus: Actinopyga
Species: Actinopyga echinites

Name

• Actinopyga echinites (Jaeger, 1833)

Type locality: “insula Celebes”.

Combinations

• Mülleria echinites Jaeger, 1833: 17 [original combination]
• Actinopyga echinites — Bronn, 1860: 43 [subsequent combination]
• Holothuria (Actinopyga) echinites — Pearson, 1914: 169 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Mülleria plebeja Selenka, 1867: 312

Type locality: “Zanzibar”.

• Actinopyga caroliniana Tan Tiu, 1981

References

• Jaeger, W.F. 1833. De Holothuriis. Gessnerianis: Turici. 40 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Mitsukuri, K. 1912. Studies on actinopodous Holothurioidea. The Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo.39: 1–284. BHL Reference page.  [as Mülleria echinites p. 43–45]
• Selenka, E. 1867. Beiträge zur Anatomie und Systematik der Holothurien. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie 17: 291–374, pls XVII–XVV. BHL Reference page. 
• Thandar, A.S. 2007. Additions to the aspidochirotid, molpadid and apodid holothuroids (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from the east coast of southern Africa, with descriptions of new species. Zootaxa. 1414(1): 1–62. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1414.1.1 Reference page.  [as Actinopyga echinites p. 11]

Links

• Actinopyga echinites in the World Register of Marine Species
• Actinopyga echinites – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• IUCN: Actinopyga echinites  (Vulnerable)

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