Holothuria

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: Holothuria
Subgenera (19): H. (Acanthotrapeza) – H. (Cystipus) – H. (Halodeima) – H. (Holothuria) – H. (Lessonothuria) – H. (Mertensiothuria) – H. (Metriatyla) – H. (Microthele) – H. (Panningothuria) – H. (Paraholothuria) – H. (Platyperona) – H. (Roweothuria) – H. (Selenkothuria) – H. (Semperothuria) – H. (Stauropora) – H. (Stichothuria) – H. (Theelothuria) – H. (Thymiosycia) – H. (Vaneyothuria)

Species incertae sedis (2): H. platei – H. pyxoides

Name

Holothuria Linnaeus, 1767: 1089 [conserved name]

Type species: Holothuria tremula Linnaeus, 1767, by subsequent designation by Brugière (1791), validated by Opinion 80.

Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 80.

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio duodecima, reformata. Tomus 1 (Regnum Animale), Pars 2: 533–1327. Holmiæ [Stockholm]. Impensis Direct Laurentii Salvii. Biblioteca Digital BHL Reference page.
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1924. Opinion 80: Suspension of rules in the case of Holothuria and Physalia. Smithsonian miscellaneous collections 73: 17–18. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Ahmed, Q., Thandar, A.S. & Ali, Q.M. 2020. Holothuria (Lessonothuria) insignis Ludwig, 1875 (formally resurrected from synonymy of H. pardalis Selenka, 1867) and Holothuria (Lessonothuria) lineata Ludwig, 1875—new additions to the sea cucumber fauna of Pakistan, with a key to the subgenus Lessonothuria Deichmann (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). Zootaxa 4767(2): 307–318. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4767.2.6 pdf Reference page.
Deichmann, E. 1926. Report of the Holothurians collected by the Barbados-Antigua Expedition from the University of Iowa. University of Iowa Studies in Natural History 11(7): 9–31, 3 pls. BHL Reference page. [as Holothuria p. 10–11]
Kerr, A.M. 2013: Holothuria (Semperothuria) roseomaculata n. sp. (Aspidochirotida: Holothuriidae), a coral-reef inhabiting sea cucumber from the western Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 3641(4): 384–394. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3641.4.5 Reference page.
Massin, C. 2013: Holothuria (Selenkothuria) parvispinea n. sp. (Echinodermata, Hololthuroidea, Holothuriidae) with key to the sub-genus Selenkothuria. Zootaxa 3609(3): 343–348. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3609.3.9 Reference page.
Samyn, Y. & VandenSpiegel, D. 2016. Sublittoral and bathyal sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from the Northern Mozambique Channel with description of six new species. Zootaxa 4196(4): 451–497. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4196.4.1. Reference page.
Honey-Escandón, M. & Solís-Marín, F.A. 2018. A revision of Holothuria (Halodeima) kefersteinii (Selenka, 1867) and the revival of Holothuria inornata Semper, 1868 from sea cucumbers collected in Mexico and Central America. Zootaxa 4377(2): 151–177. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4377.2.1 Reference page.
Samyn, Y., Massin, C. & VandenSpiegel, D. 2019. The sea cucumber Holothuria lineata Ludwig, 1875 (Holothuroidea, Aspidochirotida, Holothuriidae) re-described from the newly found type. Zookeys 836: 81–91. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.836.29932 Reference page.
Della Chiaje, S. 1823 [1824?]. Descrizione zoologica ed anatomica di alcune specie di Oloturie. In: Memorie su la storia e notomia degli animali senza vertebre del Regno di Napoli. Volume 1. Fratelli Fernandes: Napoli. Pp. 77-116, pls. 6-8.
Delle Chiaje, S. 1823-1831. Memorie sulla storia e notomia degli animali senza vertebre del regno di Napoli. Fratelli Fernandes: Napoli (vol. 1), and Società Tipografica (vol. 2-4). Vol. 1, pp. i-xii, 1-84 [1823], pp. 1-184 [1824]; vol. 2, pp. [1-4] + 185-224 [1825], pp. 225-444 [1826]; vol. 3, pp. i-xx, pp. 1-232 [1828]; vol. 4, pp. i-vii [1831], 1-116 [1830], pp. 117-214 [1831]; pl. 1-4; pl. 1-69 [date?], pl. 70-109 [1830]
Hansson, H.G. 2001. Echinodermata pp. 336-351 in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50.

Links

Holothuria in the World Register of Marine Species

Vernacular names

català: Botifarra
English: Sea cucumber
español: Pepino de mar
français: Holothurie
italiano: Cetriolo di mare