WoRMS taxon details
Roweia frauenfeldi (Ludwig, 1882)
212476 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212476)
accepted
Species
Cucumaria deichmanni Cherbonnier, 1952 · unaccepted
Cucumaria frauenfeldi Ludwig, 1882 · unaccepted
Cucumaria posthuma Lampert, 1885 · unaccepted
Roweia frauenfeldi frauenfeldi (Ludwig, 1882) · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Subspecies Roweia frauenfeldi frauenfeldi (Ludwig, 1882) accepted as Roweia frauenfeldi (Ludwig, 1882) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subspecies Roweia frauenfeldi webbi (Thandar, 1977) accepted as Roweia webbi (Thandar, 1977) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cucumaria frauenfeldi Ludwig, 1882) Ludwig, HL., 1882. List of the holothurians in the collection of the Leyden Museum. Notes Leyden Museum. 4: 127–137 [details]
WoRMS (2025). Roweia frauenfeldi (Ludwig, 1882). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212476 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cucumaria frauenfeldi Ludwig, 1882) Ludwig, HL., 1882. List of the holothurians in the collection of the Leyden Museum. Notes Leyden Museum. 4: 127–137 [details]
original description (of Cucumaria deichmanni Cherbonnier, 1952) Cherbonnier, G. (1952). Contributions a la connaissance des Holothuries de l'Afrique du Sud. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, Vol 33(4): 469-508. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Cucumaria posthuma Lampert, 1885) Lampert, K. (1885). Die Seewalzen. <em>Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. C. Semper. Wiesbaden, C.W. Kreidel.</em> (2)4(3): 1-312. [details]
basis of record Cherbonnier, G. (1952). Contributions a la connaissance des Holothuries de l'Afrique du Sud. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, Vol 33(4): 469-508. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Cucumaria deichmanni Cherbonnier, 1952) Cherbonnier, G. (1952). Contributions a la connaissance des Holothuries de l'Afrique du Sud. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, Vol 33(4): 469-508. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Cucumaria posthuma Lampert, 1885) Lampert, K. (1885). Die Seewalzen. <em>Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. C. Semper. Wiesbaden, C.W. Kreidel.</em> (2)4(3): 1-312. [details]
basis of record Cherbonnier, G. (1952). Contributions a la connaissance des Holothuries de l'Afrique du Sud. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, Vol 33(4): 469-508. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Deichmann, E. (1948). The Holothurian fauna of South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 11 (2): 325-376 [details]
additional source Thandar, A. S. (1985). A new southern African genus in the holothurian family Cucumariidae (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) with the recognition of two subspecies in Cucumaria frauenfeldi Ludwig. <em>S. Afr. Tydskr. Dierk.</em> 20(3): 109-114. [details]
additional source Thandar, A. S. (1985). A new southern African genus in the holothurian family Cucumariidae (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) with the recognition of two subspecies in Cucumaria frauenfeldi Ludwig. <em>S. Afr. Tydskr. Dierk.</em> 20(3): 109-114. [details]





Unreviewed
Habitat Habitat: In crevices between sandstone slabs containing little sand; never buried in the sand (Thandar, 1991).Also recorded in Java by Semper, but this record has never been verified (Thandar, 1991). [details]
Holotype Holotype and paratypes in Nationaal Matuurhistorisch Museum, Leiden (Netherlands). Type locality: Cape of Good Hope (Thandar, 1985). [details]