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Holothuria

Holothuroidea - Aspidochirotida - Holothuriidae

Taxonomy

Holothuria was named by Linnaeus (1767) [m. kosnik taxon no: 10361].

It was assigned to Holothuriidae by Rowe and Gates (1995).

Species

H. (Acanthotrapeza), H. (Cystipus), H. (Halodeima), H. (Holothuria), H. (Lessonothuria), H. (Mertensiothuria), H. (Metriatyla), H. (Microthele), H. (Platyperona), H. (Selenkothuria), H. (Semperothuria), H. (Stauropora), H. (Theelothuria), H. (Thymiosycia), H. (Vaneyothuria)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1767	Holothuria Linnaeus
1995	Holothuria Rowe and Gates p. 289

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
—	Ambulacraria
phylum	Echinodermata

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Eleutherozoa
—	Echinozoa	()
class	Holothuroidea	()
order	Aspidochirotida
family	Holothuriidae	Ludwig 1894
genus	Holothuria	Linnaeus 1767

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Holothuria Linnaeus 1767

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Subg. †Holothuria (Acanthotrapeza) Rowe 1969

Subg. †Holothuria (Cystipus) Haacke 1880

Subg. †Holothuria (Halodeima) Pearson 1914

Subg. †Holothuria (Holothuria) Linnaeus 1767

Subg. †Holothuria (Lessonothuria) Deichmann 1958

Subg. †Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) Deichmann 1958

Subg. †Holothuria (Metriatyla) Rowe 1969

Subg. †Holothuria (Microthele) Brandt 1835

Subg. †Holothuria (Platyperona) Rowe 1969

Subg. †Holothuria (Selenkothuria) Deichmann 1958

Subg. †Holothuria (Semperothuria) Deichmann 1958

Subg. †Holothuria (Stauropora) Rowe 1969

Subg. †Holothuria (Theelothuria) Deichmann 1958

Subg. †Holothuria (Thymiosycia) Pearson 1914

Subg. †Holothuria (Vaneyothuria) Deichmann 1958

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

high Mg calciteo

Ontogeny:

accretion, addition of partsp

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

deposit feedero

Diet 2:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Dispersal:

waterp

Dispersal 2:

planktonicp

Created:

2009-09-04 12:36:54

Modified:

2009-09-04 14:40:54

Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum

References: Massin 1982, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Desmoinesian to the top of the Julian or 312.80000 to 233.60000 Ma

Collections (19 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Desmoinesian	312.8 - 306.0	USA (Oklahoma)	Holothuria indet. (8632 8633 8634 8636 8637 8638 8639 8640 8641 8642 8643 8644 8645 8646 8647 8648 8649 8650)
Julian	237.0 - 233.6	Italy	Holothuria indet. (163816)