WoRMS taxon details

Gephyrothuria alcocki Koehler & Vaney, 1905

124559  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124559)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Koehler, R. & Vaney, C. (1905). An account of the deep-sea Holothurioidea collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator. [Holothuries recueillies par l'Investigator dans l'Océan Indien. I. Les Holothuries de mer profonde.]. <em>In: Alcock, A. (ed.) Echinoderma of the Indian Museum. Holothurioidea. Calcutta: Indian Museum.</em> vi + 124 pp. + ii, 15 pls. [details] 
Distribution Distribution: Atlantic Ocean, 1,316-3,678 m. (Thandar, 1999).
Ecology: benthic, continental slope, abyssal, detritus...  
Distribution Distribution: Atlantic Ocean, 1,316-3,678 m. (Thandar, 1999).
Ecology: benthic, continental slope, abyssal, detritus feeder, deposit feeder. General distribution: temperate, discontinuous (Gulf of Panama), depth range 1170-3114 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
WoRMS (2024). Gephyrothuria alcocki Koehler & Vaney, 1905. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124559 on 2024-11-10
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original description Koehler, R. & Vaney, C. (1905). An account of the deep-sea Holothurioidea collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator. [Holothuries recueillies par l'Investigator dans l'Océan Indien. I. Les Holothuries de mer profonde.]. <em>In: Alcock, A. (ed.) Echinoderma of the Indian Museum. Holothurioidea. Calcutta: Indian Museum.</em> vi + 124 pp. + ii, 15 pls. [details] 

original description (of Gephyrothuria europeensis Hérouard, 1923) Hérouard, E. (1923). Holothuries provenant des campagnes des yachts Princesse-Alice et Hirondelle ii. (1898-1915). Res. camp. sci. Monaco 66: pp. 1-161. [details] 

original description (of Himasthlephora glauca H.L. Clark, 1908) Clark, H. L. (1908). The apodous holothurians. A monograph of the Synaptidae and Molpadiidae. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.</em> 35(1732): 1-231., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.28255 [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Gebruk A.V., Smirnov A.V., Rogacheva A.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Holothuroidea. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 156–180 [in English]. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Thandar, A.S. (1999). Deep-sea Holothuroids taken by the R.V. Africana II in 1959, from off the West Coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., Vol. 105(9): 364-409, 16 figs, 2 tables (look up in IMIS) [details] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Distribution Distribution: Atlantic Ocean, 1,316-3,678 m. (Thandar, 1999).
Ecology: benthic, continental slope, abyssal, detritus feeder, deposit feeder. General distribution: temperate, discontinuous (Gulf of Panama), depth range 1170-3114 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Remark Syntypes (probable) Indian Museum, Calcutta (India) (2 specimens). Type locality: off Sri Lanka (6°52'N 81°11'E) (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
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English Alcock's fusiform sea cucumber  [details]
French holothurie d'Alcock  [details]