Holothuria (Holothuria) mammata Grube 1840

• Main Authors: Madeira, Patrícia, Kroh, Andreas, Cordeiro, Ricardo, De, António M., Martins, Frias, Ávila, Sérgio P.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Holothuroidea; Aspidochirotida; Holothuriidae; Holothuria; Holothuria mammata; Morton; Rowe; Perrier; Pawson; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5583404; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/4148D21204C3FF47FF33FF2C76E31128

Holothuria ( Holothuria ) mammata Grube, 1840 (Fig. 34) Reports for the Azores: non Holothuria tubulosa Gmelin, 1791 — $ Nobre 1924: 89, 1930: 23, 70 [misidentification]; Nobre 1938: 143–144, figs. 58.1, 69.1 [based on Nobre 1924, 1930]; $ Marques 1983: 4, fig. 8 [misidentification]; Pereira 1997: 333 [based on previous misidentifications]; $ Morton et al . 1998: 98, 169, figs. 5.2T, 8.8R [misidentification]; $ Wirtz 2009: 46 [misidentification]; Micael & Costa 2010: 323 [based on previous misidentifications]; $ Micael et al . 2010: 329 [misidentification]; Micael et al . 2012: 4 [based on previous misidentifications]; non Holothuria dakarensis Panning, 1939 — $ Rowe 1969: 153, 154 [misidentification]; Pérez-Ruzafa et al. 1992b: 154–155, 1999: 57, 2002: 287–288 [based on Rowe 1969]; Holothuria mammata Grube, 1840 —? $ Pawson & Shirley 1977: 915, 919; $ Borrero-Pérez et al . 2009: 51–69, figs. 1–7, 2010: 900, 2011: 1–12, figs. 1–4. Type locality: Mediterranean Sea. See: Tortonese (1965: 57, fig. 18); Borrero-Pérez et al . (2009). Occurrence: Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea, from south of Portugal to the Azores, Madeira, Selvagens and Canaries (Borrero-Pérez et al . 2009). Depth: 0–77 m (Perrier 1902, herein); a common presence in the low intertidal and infralitoral of the Azorean shores. Habitat: sand, mud, gravel to hard substrata, on sea-grass prairies and in large tide-pools (Hérouard 1923, Pérez-Ruzafa et al. 1992b, 2002). Larval stage: planktotrophic (Domínguez-Godino et al . 2018). Commercial value: edible (Borrero-Pérez et al . 2009). Material examined: DBUA-ECH 394 (Poços, S„o Vicente, SMG, AZO, c. 37°50’06”N, 25°40’10”W, 1996.07. 17, 13 m; 1 spm, TL = c. 200 mm); DBUA-ECH 397 (Lajes, PIX, AZO, 38°23’22”N, 28°15’04”W, 2010.09.24, 1– 2 m; 10 spms, TL = 109–230 mm); DBUA-ECH 406 (Santa Cruz, FLS, AZO, 39°27’17.79”N, 31°07’30.48”W, 2011.04.23, intertidal; 14 spms, TL = 80–330 mm). Description: body cylindrical, flattened ventrally. Tegument smooth, not thick. Mouth subventral and anus ...