WoRMS taxon details
Thelenota ananas (Jaeger, 1833)
210916 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210916)
accepted
Species
Actinopyga formosa (Selenka, 1867) · unaccepted
Holothuria (Holothuria) ananas Jaeger, 1833 · unaccepted
Holothuria (Thelenota) grandis Brandt, 1835 · unaccepted
Holothuria ananas Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 · unaccepted
Holothuria hystrix Saville-Kent, 1890 · unaccepted
Muelleria formosa Selenka, 1867 · uncertain > nomen dubium
Trepang ananas Jaeger, 1833 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Holothuria (Holothuria) ananas Jaeger, 1833) Jaeger, G. F. (1833). De Holothuriis. <em>Gessnerianis, Turici.</em> 41 pp. 3 pls., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10588969 [details]
Description Appearance in life: shaggy, orange-brown above, light red band of tube feet about half the width of sole running...
Description Appearance in life: shaggy, orange-brown above, light red band of tube feet about half the width of sole running longitudinally, laterial podia and oral tentacles orange-yellow, stems of podia deep red (Humphreys, 1981).
Also distributed in Maldive area, East Indies, north Australia, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific, depth range 3-20 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific, excluding Hawaii (Conand, 1998).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, detritus feeder, deposit feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Habitat: hard bottoms, large rubble and coral patches, on reef slopes and near passes, depth range from surface down to 25 m. (Conand, 1998). [details]
Also distributed in Maldive area, East Indies, north Australia, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific, depth range 3-20 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific, excluding Hawaii (Conand, 1998).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, detritus feeder, deposit feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Habitat: hard bottoms, large rubble and coral patches, on reef slopes and near passes, depth range from surface down to 25 m. (Conand, 1998). [details]
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Muelleria formosa Selenka, 1867) Selenka, E. (1867). Beiträge zur Anatomie und Systematik der Holothurien. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 17(2): 291-374, pls. XVII-XX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45007590#page/321/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Trepang ananas Jaeger, 1833) Jaeger, G. F. (1833). De Holothuriis. <em>Gessnerianis, Turici.</em> 41 pp. 3 pls., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10588969 [details]
original description (of Holothuria ananas Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132 [details]
original description (of Holothuria hystrix Saville-Kent, 1890) Saville-Kent, W., 1890. Bêche-de-mer and pearl-shell fisheries of northern Queensland. Queensland Government Publisher, Brisbane. 8 pps. 2 pls. [details]
original description (of Holothuria (Thelenota) grandis Brandt, 1835) Brandt, J. F. (1835). Echinodermata ordo Holothurina. <em>In: Prodromus Descriptionis Animalium ab H. Mertensio in Orbis Terrarum Circumnavigatione Observatorum. Fasc. I: 75 pps. Petropoli.</em> pp. 42-62., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=9-KK6BsniXcC [details]
original description (of Holothuria (Holothuria) ananas Jaeger, 1833) Jaeger, G. F. (1833). De Holothuriis. <em>Gessnerianis, Turici.</em> 41 pp. 3 pls., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10588969 [details]
basis of record Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp. [details]
original description (of Trepang ananas Jaeger, 1833) Jaeger, G. F. (1833). De Holothuriis. <em>Gessnerianis, Turici.</em> 41 pp. 3 pls., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10588969 [details]
original description (of Holothuria ananas Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132 [details]
original description (of Holothuria hystrix Saville-Kent, 1890) Saville-Kent, W., 1890. Bêche-de-mer and pearl-shell fisheries of northern Queensland. Queensland Government Publisher, Brisbane. 8 pps. 2 pls. [details]
original description (of Holothuria (Thelenota) grandis Brandt, 1835) Brandt, J. F. (1835). Echinodermata ordo Holothurina. <em>In: Prodromus Descriptionis Animalium ab H. Mertensio in Orbis Terrarum Circumnavigatione Observatorum. Fasc. I: 75 pps. Petropoli.</em> pp. 42-62., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=9-KK6BsniXcC [details]
original description (of Holothuria (Holothuria) ananas Jaeger, 1833) Jaeger, G. F. (1833). De Holothuriis. <em>Gessnerianis, Turici.</em> 41 pp. 3 pls., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10588969 [details]
basis of record Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp. [details]
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Unreviewed
Authority Cherbonnier (1952) cites (Quoy & Gaimard) as authority - Quoy & Gaimard and Jaeger seemed to have published Holothuria ananas and Trepang ananas, resp., the same year. Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: Sulawesi (as Celebes), Indonesia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]Description Appearance in life: shaggy, orange-brown above, light red band of tube feet about half the width of sole running longitudinally, laterial podia and oral tentacles orange-yellow, stems of podia deep red (Humphreys, 1981).
Also distributed in Maldive area, East Indies, north Australia, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific, depth range 3-20 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific, excluding Hawaii (Conand, 1998).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, detritus feeder, deposit feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Habitat: hard bottoms, large rubble and coral patches, on reef slopes and near passes, depth range from surface down to 25 m. (Conand, 1998). [details]
To Barcode of Life (30 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Trepang ananas Jaeger, 1833)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thelenota ananas)
To GenBank (56 nucleotides; 35 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (16 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Trepang ananas Jaeger, 1833)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thelenota ananas)
To GenBank (56 nucleotides; 35 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (16 records)