Actinometra fimbriata (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Capillaster multiradiatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (basis of record)
Actinometra solaris (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Comatula (Comatula) solaris Lamarck, 1816 (basis of record)
Actinopyga echinites (Jaeger, 1833) (additional source)
Actinopyga mauritiana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) (additional source)
Actinopyga miliaris (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) (additional source)
Amphioplus hastatus (Ljungman, 1867) represented as Amphioplus (Lymanella) hastatus (Ljungman, 1867) (additional source)
Asteropsis carinifera (Lamarck, 1816) (additional source)
Brissus carinatus (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Brissus latecarinatus (Leske, 1778) (basis of record)
Cyrtechinus verruculatus (Lütken, 1864) accepted as Nudechinus verruculatus (Lütken, 1864) (additional source)
Dichrometra flagellata (Müller, 1841) (basis of record)
Dorocidaris canaliculatus (A. Agassiz, 1863) accepted as Austrocidaris canaliculata (A. Agassiz, 1863) (basis of record)
Echinobryssus recens (Milne Edwards, 1836) accepted as Apatopygus recens (Milne Edwards, 1836) (basis of record)
Echinocardium australe Gray, 1851 accepted as Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777) (basis of record)
Echinodiscus bisperforatus Leske, 1778 (additional source)
Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825) (additional source)
Echinometra oblonga (Blainville, 1825) (basis of record)
Echinothrix calamaris (Pallas, 1774) (additional source)
Echinothrix turcarum Peters, 1853 accepted as Echinothrix diadema (Linnaeus, 1758) (basis of record)
Euapta godeffroyi (Semper, 1868) (additional source)
Eucidaris metularia (Lamarck, 1816) (additional source)
Gymnasteria Gray, 1840 accepted as Asteropsis Müller & Troschel, 1840 (basis of record)
Halodeima edulis (Lesson, 1830) accepted as Holothuria (Halodeima) edulis Lesson, 1830 represented as Holothuria edulis Lesson, 1830 (source of synonymy)
Holothuria (Halodeima) signata Ludwig, 1875 (source of synonymy)
Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) leucospilota (Brandt, 1835) represented as Holothuria leucospilota (Brandt, 1835) (additional source)
Holothuria (Microthele) aethiops Brandt, 1835 accepted as Holothuria (Halodeima) pulla Selenka, 1867 (basis of record)
Holothuria (Platyperona) parvula (Selenka, 1867) (additional source)
Holothuria (Selenkothuria) lubrica Selenka, 1867 (basis of record)
Holothuria lagoena Haacke, 1880 accepted as Holothuria leucospilota (Brandt, 1835) (source of synonymy)
Holothuria maxima Delle Chiaje, 1823 accepted as Holothuria (Holothuria) tubulosa Gmelin, 1791 (additional source)
Holothuria vagabunda Selenka, 1867 accepted as Holothuria leucospilota (Brandt, 1835) (source of synonymy)
Linckia guildingi Gray, 1840 (additional source)
Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Macrophiothrix hirsuta (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (additional source)
Metalia maculosa (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Metalia spatagus (Linnaeus, 1758) (basis of record)
Monachaster sanderi (Meissner, 1892) (additional source)
Mülleria maculata (Brandt) accepted as Holothuria (Microthele) whitmaei Bell, 1887 represented as Holothuria whitmaei Bell, 1887 (basis of record)
Ophiactis savignyi (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (additional source)
Ophiarachnella gorgonia (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (additional source)
Ophiarachnella septemspinosa (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (additional source)
Ophidiaster hemprichi Müller & Troschel, 1842 (basis of record)
Ophiolepis annulosa (de Blainville, 1834) accepted as Ophiolepis superba H.L. Clark, 1915 (basis of record)
Orcula cucumiformis Semper, 1868 accepted as Afrocucumis africana (Semper, 1867) (basis of record)
Patinapta crosslandi Heding, 1929 accepted as Patinapta crosslandii Heding, 1929 (additional source)
Peronella rostrata (L. Agassiz, 1841) accepted as Peronella lesueuri rostrata (L. Agassiz, 1841) (basis of record)
Phyllacanthus imperialis (Lamarck, 1816) (additional source)
Prionocidaris baculosa (Lamarck, 1816) (additional source)
Prionocidaris verticillata (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Plococidaris verticillata (Lamarck, 1816) (additional source)
Protoreaster nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Pseudocucumis africana (Semper, 1867) accepted as Afrocucumis africana (Semper, 1867) (basis of record)
Salmacis sulcata L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 accepted as Salmacis sphaeroides (Linnaeus, 1758) (basis of record)
Stichopus (Gymnochirota) leucospilota Brandt, 1835 accepted as Holothuria leucospilota (Brandt, 1835) (source of synonymy)
Synapta beselii (Jaeger, 1833) accepted as Synapta maculata (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821) (basis of record)
Thyone sacellus (Selenka, 1867) accepted as Thyone buccalis Stimpson, 1855 accepted as Stolus buccalis (Stimpson, 1855) (basis of record)
Tripneustes (Hipponoe) variegasta (Leske, 1778) accepted as Tripneustes gratilla (Linnaeus, 1758) (basis of record)
Tripneustes (Hipponoe) variegasta (Klein, 1734) accepted as Tripneustes gratilla (Linnaeus, 1758) (basis of record)
Tropiometra carinata (Lamarck, 1816) (additional source)

Aldabra for Cidaris metularia (Lamarck, 1816) 
Aldabra for Holothuria (Halodeima) atra Jaeger, 1833 
Aldabra for Holothuria (Lessonothuria) pardalis Selenka, 1867 
Aldabra for Metalia sternalis (Lamarck, 1816) 
Aldabra for Ophidiaster pustulatus (von Martens, 1866) 
Aldabra for Ophiocoma brevipes Peters, 1851 
Aldabra for Ophiocoma scolopendrina (Lamarck, 1816) 
Aldabra for Ophiocoma valenciae Müller & Troschel, 1842 
Ambon for Ophidiaster pustulatus (von Martens, 1866) 
Comoran Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiocoma scolopendrina (Lamarck, 1816) 
Comores for Microcyphus maculatus L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Antedon flagellata (Müller, 1841) 
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone for Echinodiscus biforis (Gmelin, 1791) 
Madagascar for Actinometra fimbriata (Lamarck, 1816)  (doubtful)
Madagascar for Antedon carinata (Lamarck, 1816) 
Madagascar for Cidaris metularia (Lamarck, 1816) 
Madagascar for Colobocentrotus atratus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Madagascar for Culcita schmideliana (Bruzelius, 1805) 
Madagascar for Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778) 
Madagascar for Echinobryssus recens (Milne Edwards, 1836) 
Madagascar for Echinodiscus biforis (Gmelin, 1791) 
Madagascar for Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus, 1758)  (inaccurate)
Madagascar for Heterocentrotus trigonarius (Lamarck, 1816) 
Madagascar for Holothuria (Halodeima) atra Jaeger, 1833 
Madagascar for Holothuria (Lessonothuria) pardalis Selenka, 1867 
Madagascar for Holothuria (Thymiosycia) impatiens (Forsskål, 1775) 
Madagascar for Laganum depressum L. Agassiz, 1841 
Madagascar for Leiocidaris baculosa (Lamarck, 1816) 
Madagascar for Leiocidaris imperialis (Lamarck, 1816) 
Madagascar for Leiocidaris verticillata (Lamarck, 1816) 
Madagascar for Linckia miliaris (Muller & Troschel, 1840) 
Madagascar for Linckia multifora (Lamarck, 1816) 
Madagascar for Muelleria miliaris (Quoy & Gaimard) 
Madagascar for Parasalenia gratiosa A. Agassiz, 1863 
Madagascar for Pentaceros muricatus Gray, 1840 
Madagascar for Salmacis bicolor L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 
Mascarene Basin for Ophidiaster pustulatus (von Martens, 1866) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Holothuria (Lessonothuria) pardalis Selenka, 1867 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Holothuria lagoena Haacke, 1880 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Linckia ehrenbergii (Müller & Troschel) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Pseudocucumis africana (Semper, 1867) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Amphiura candida Ljungman, 1867 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Amphiura hastata (Ljungman, 1867) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Asterina cepheus (Müller & Troschel, 1842) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Astropecten hemprichi Müller & Troschel, 1842 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Astropyga radiata (Leske, 1778) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Cidaris metularia (Lamarck, 1816) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Culcita coriacea Müller & Troschel, 1842 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Culcita pentangularis Gray, 1847  (inaccurate)
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Culcita schmideliana (Bruzelius, 1805) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Culcita schmideliana var. africana Döderlein, 1896 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Echinocardium australe Gray, 1851 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Echinodiscus auritus Leske, 1778 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Echinostrephus molaris (Blainville, 1825) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Echinothrix desori (L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Echinothrix turcarum Peters, 1853 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Echinus verruculatus (Lütken, 1864)  (doubtful)
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Goniodiscus sebae Müller & Troschel, 1842 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Gymnasteria carinifera (Lamarck, 1816) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Holothuria (Halodeima) atra Jaeger, 1833 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Holothuria (Lessonothuria) pardalis Selenka, 1867 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra Jaeger, 1833 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Holothuria (Microthele) aethiops Brandt, 1835  (doubtful)
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Holothuria (Psolus) monacaria Lesson, 1830 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Holothuria (Semperothuria) cinerascens (Brandt, 1835) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Holothuria (Thymiosycia) impatiens (Forsskål, 1775) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Holothuria lagoena Haacke, 1880 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Holothuria maxima Delle Chiaje, 1823 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Holothuria vagabunda Selenka, 1867 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Leiaster coriaceus Peters, 1852 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Leiaster glaber Peters, 1852 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Leiocidaris baculosa (Lamarck, 1816) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Leiocidaris verticillata (Lamarck, 1816) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Linckia ehrenbergii (Müller & Troschel) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Linckia miliaris (Muller & Troschel, 1840) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Linckia multifora (Lamarck, 1816) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Luidia savignyi (Audouin, 1826)  (doubtful)
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Metalia maculosa (Gmelin, 1791) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Muelleria mauritiana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Muelleria miliaris (Quoy & Gaimard) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Nardoa variolata (Bruzelius, 1805) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiarthrum elegans Peters, 1851 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophidiaster pustulatus (von Martens, 1866) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiocoma brevipes Peters, 1851 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiocoma scolopendrina (Lamarck, 1816) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiocoma valenciae Müller & Troschel, 1842 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiolepis annulosa (de Blainville, 1834) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiolepis cincta Müller & Troschel, 1842 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiomastix venosa Peters, 1851 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophiopeza fallax Lütken, 1869 (non Peters, 1851) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Ophioplocus imbricata (Müller & Troschel, 1842) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Pectinura gorgonia (Müller & Troschel, 1842) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Pentaceros muricatus Gray, 1840 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Pseudocucumis africana (Semper, 1867) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Psolidium ornatum (E. Perrier, 1893) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Salmacis bicolor L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Salmacis sulcata L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Stichopus chloronotus Brandt, 1835 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Stomopneustes variolaris (Lamarck, 1816) 
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone for Thyone sacellus (Selenka, 1867) 

 Authority

 for Thyone sacellus (Selenka, 1867)

Selenka is the original author in Vaney (1905). Theel as author in Kalk (1958) [details]

 Description

 for Ophiothrix hirsuta Müller & Troschel, 1842

Ranges eastward up to Japan (Tortonese, 1949). [details]

 Distribution

 for Antedon flagellata (Müller, 1841)

Also distributed in Singapore and the Pelew Islands (A.H. Clark, 1911). [details]

 Distribution

 for Holothuria (Selenkothuria) lubrica Selenka, 1867

Cosmopolitan by Ludwig (1899). Also recorded from Acapulpo (Selenka, 1867) [details]

 Distribution

 for Holothuria vagabunda Selenka, 1867

Also distributed in Südsee, Sandwich Is. And Java (Selenka, 1867); Hong Kong and Pacific Islands (Pearson, 1910); ... [details]

 Distribution

 for Leiocidaris baculosa (Lamarck, 1816)

Distribution also eastwards in the Indian Ocean to the Phillippines. [details]

 Distribution

 for Leiocidaris imperialis (Lamarck, 1816)

Also distributed in east coast of India, Bonin, Aru, Tonga, New Caledonie and Australia (Lambert, 1923). [details]

 Distribution

 for Muelleria mauritiana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

Also distributed in the Pacific and Indian Ocean (Lampert, 1896). [details]

 Distribution

 for Muelleria miliaris (Quoy & Gaimard)

Distribution: Indian Ocean, Sumatra, Fiji Is. (Pearson, 1910). [details]

 Distribution

 for Mülleria echinites Jaeger, 1833

Also distributed in the Pacific and Indian Ocean (Lampert, 1896). From the Celebes in Selenka (1867). [details]

 Distribution

 for Mülleria parvula Selenka, 1867

Also distributed in Florida (Selenka, 1867) [details]

 Distribution

 for Ophidiaster pustulatus (von Martens, 1866)

Also distributed in Guam (Clark, 1954). [details]

 Distribution

 for Orcula cucumiformis Semper, 1868

Also known in Australia (Lampert, 1896). [details]

 Distribution

 for Pseudocucumis africana (Semper, 1867)

Also distributed around Amboia (Indonesia) and around Archipelago of Mergui (Burma) (Lampert, 1896). [details]

 Distribution

 for Synapta beselii (Jaeger, 1833)

Also distributed in whole the Pacific and the Indian Ocean (Lampert, 1896). [details]

 Distribution

 for Synapta ooplax von Marenzeller, 1882

Also distributed around Japan. [details]

 Distribution

 for Synapta serpentina J. Müller, 1850

Also distributed around Indonesia; Celebes (Selenka, 1867). [details]

 Distribution

 for Thyone sacellus (Selenka, 1867)

Tropical Indo-Pacific, also distributed in Australia in Kalk (1958) [details]

 Holotype

 for Pectinura rigida Lyman, 1874

Holotype Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) 147, paratype Museum of ... [details]

 Remark

 for Actinometra solaris (Lamarck, 1816)

Actinometra solaris var. albonotata Bell, 1884 has Albany Island as type locality (A.H. Clark, 1908). [details]

 Remark

 for Cidaris metularia (Lamarck, 1816)

Also recorded from 'Coin Peros' by Bell (1909) - locality can't be traced. [details]

 Remark

 for Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus, 1758)

Also recorded from 'Coin Peros' by Bell (1909) - locality can't be traced. [details]

 Remark

 for Echinothrix desori (L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846)

Also recorded from 'Coin Peros' by Bell (1909) - locality can't be traced. [details]

 Remark

 for Echinus verruculatus (Lütken, 1864)

In subgenus (Psammechinus). Holotype Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen (Denmark). Type ... [details]

 Remark

 for Goniodiscus sanderi Meissner, 1892

In family Pentagonasteridae in Ludwig (1899). [details]

 Remark

 for Holothuria vagabunda Selenka, 1867

Syntipes Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) No. 722 (12 specimens), ... [details]

 Remark

 for Muelleria mauritiana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

Quoy & Gaim as authors in Lampert (1896). [details]

 Remark

 for Muelleria miliaris (Quoy & Gaimard)

Quoy & Gaimard are the original authors in Pearson (1910). [details]

 Remark

 for Mülleria echinites Jaeger, 1833

Type specie of the genus Muelleria Jaeger, 1833 (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

 Remark

 for Mülleria maculata (Brandt)

Can't be a valid species: genus name has been abolished by Pearson (1914). Can't trace specific epitheton to either ... [details]

 Remark

 for Pectinura gorgonia (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Status unclear: A.M. Clark (1968) refers 'the remaining species which have been referred to Pectinura' to ... [details]

 Remark

 for Pentaceros turritus Gray, 1840

Ludwig (1899) cites Linck as authority. [details]

 Remark

 for Pseudocucumis africana (Semper, 1867)

Genus Pseudocucumis not valid anymore. Pseudocucumis africana Semper is treated as a synonym of Cucumaria africana ... [details]

 Remark

 for Synapta beselii (Jaeger, 1833)

In Subgenus: (Chondrocloea) Oestergren. [details]

 Remark

 for Synapta ooplax von Marenzeller, 1882

Subgenus: (Synapta) Oestergren. [details]

 Remark

 for Synapta serpentina J. Müller, 1850

Subgenus: (Euapta[details]

 Remark

 for Tripneustes (Hipponoe) variegasta (Klein, 1734)

In subgenus: (Hipponoë) in Ludwig (1899). [details]

 Synonymy

 for Echinodiscus biforis (Gmelin, 1791)

Needs confirmation [details]

 synonymy

 for Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus, 1758)

Needs confirmation!! Possibly a misidentification by Bell 1909 <495>. [details]

 Synonymy

 for Echinothrix desori (L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846)

Listed in the citations as E. Desorii [details]

 Synonymy

 for Holothuria (Microthele) aethiops Brandt, 1835

Ludwig treats Holothuria pulla Selenka as a synonym of Holothuria aethiops. [details]

 Synonymy

 for Holothuria (Selenkothuria) lubrica Selenka, 1867

Ludwig (1899) treats H. parva as a synonym of H. lubrica. Type species of the Subgenus (Selenkothuria) Deichmann, ... [details]

 Synonymy

 for Holothuria lagoena Haacke, 1880

Ludwig (1899) cites Koehler in that H. leucospilota is probably a synonym of H. vagabunda. [details]

 Synonymy

 for Holothuria vagabunda Selenka, 1867

In Subgenus (Mertensiothuria) Deichmann, 1958. [details]

 Synonymy

 for Leiocidaris baculosa (Lamarck, 1816)

Needs confirmation [details]

 Synonymy

 for Leiocidaris imperialis (Lamarck, 1816)

L. dubiaBrandt and L. fustigera A. Agassiz treated as a synonym of L. Imperialis (Ludwig, 1899). [details]

 Synonymy

 for Leiocidaris verticillata (Lamarck, 1816)

Needs confirmation [details]

 Synonymy

 for Linckia miliaris (Muller & Troschel, 1840)

Or misidentification by Ludwig 1899? Jangoux did not see Decary's 1924 paper. [details]

 Synonymy

 for Muelleria mauritiana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

Pearson (1914) combines the genera Muelleria and Holothuria under the latter name, and divided the old genus ... [details]

 Synonymy

 for Muelleria miliaris (Quoy & Gaimard)

See remark with M. mauritiana [details]

 Synonymy

 for Mülleria echinites Jaeger, 1833

See remark with M. mauritiana [details]

 Synonymy

 for Mülleria parvula Selenka, 1867

See note on M. mauritiana [details]

 Synonymy

 for Pectinura gorgonia (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Status of Pectinura not clear, possibly type species (only known from the holotype from the Meditteranean) only species. [details]

 Synonymy

 for Synapta serpentina J. Müller, 1850

Needs confirmation. Clark says: '… there are none in the MCZ which can properly be called serpentina so I am ... [details]

 Type locality

 for Ophidiaster pustulatus (von Martens, 1866)

Flores, Amboina. [details]

 Type locality

 for Ophiothrix hirsuta Müller & Troschel, 1842

Red Sea (Tortonese, 1949). [details]