Taxonomic Checklist
Phylum:
Other non-Molluscan Phyla (Echinodermata, Brachiopoda etc) are being added to the checklist and photo sections of the website. This is to help identify species that may be mistaken for Mollusca, but are not.
Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Holothuroidea (Class)
Class: HOLOTHUROIDEA
Synallactida
Australostichopus Levin in Moraes, Norhcote, Kalinin, Avilov, Silchenko & Dmitrenok, 2004 (Holothuria mollis Hutton, 1872)
Holothuriida
Holothuria Linnaeus, 1767 (H. tremula Linnaeus, 1767)
Holothuria (Vaneyothuria) Deichmann, 1958 (Holothuria (V.) lentiginosa Marenzeller von, 1892) =Vaneyothuria Deichmann, 1958 accepted, alternate representation
integra Köhler & Vaney, 1908 A.C.
Dendrochirotida
Amphicyclus Bell, 1884
thomsoni (Hutton, 1879) C.F.E.
Squamocnus O'Loughlin & O'Hara, 1992 (S. aureoruber O'Loughlin & O'Hara, 1992)
brevidentis (Hutton, 1872) F.An.E.
Heterothyone Panning, 1949 (Chirodota alba Hutton, 1872) =Ludwigia Reiffen, 1901
alba (Hutton, 1872) A.C.F.M.An.E.
Molpadida
Paracaudina Heding, 1932 (Molpadia chilensis J. Müller, 1850) =Microdactyla Sluiter, 1880, =Pseudocaudina Heding, 1931
chilensis (J. Müller, 1850) A.C.F.M.
Key to Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species.
They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil