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, p1.30, fig.1.
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(synonymy &amp; records before 1999), figs. 28 &amp; 29; Samyn, 2003:65 (synonymy &amp; records after 1999), fig. 26, 54A.
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and east coast of
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. Maxwell,
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Specimens small, largest
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long. Colour in life olive green to brown with black papillae arising from yellowish green warts,
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with bright yellow patch on ventral surface near anus. Cuvierian tubules present. Table discs
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and with eight marginal holes (
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); spire height
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. Dorsal buttons (
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) with 34 pairs of holes; ventral buttons (
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) larger, with 67 pairs of holes, and occasionally an incomplete third series outside main series, buttons
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. Rods and fenestrated plates of papillae (
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) with uneven margins. Tubefeet with rods and plates (
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), the latter with somewhat serrate margins and numerous small holes in 24 series. All podial spicules also with characteristic median optical discontinuity.
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<emphasis id="B953EABFFF94FF8ED0A18A8EC679BF9C" box="[151,362,1963,1988]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Local distribution</emphasis>
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Known only from around Durban,
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and
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,
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Throughout tropical Indo-Pacific but not reported from the Arabian and Indian Peninsulas
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.
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<emphasis id="B953EABFFF95FF8FD0A18981C63BBCE4" bold="true" box="[151,296,1188,1212]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">FIGURE 12.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B953EABFFF95FF8FD1068980C5B1BCE4" box="[304,674,1189,1212]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Holothuria (Platyperona) difficilis</emphasis>
Semper. SAM
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A27934. Durban. A. Tables from dorsal body wall; B. buttons from dorsal body wall; C. buttons from ventral body wall; D. papillae rod and plate; E. tubefeet plates; F. madreporite; G. part of calcareous ring. (A.C. scale a; D. scale b)
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<emphasis id="B953EABFFF95FF8FD0A188FDC7E3BDA9" box="[151,240,1496,1521]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Habitat</emphasis>
Under stones, in sand.
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<emphasis id="B953EABFFF95FF8FD0A18B6FC7EDBE3B" box="[151,254,1610,1635]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Remarks</emphasis>
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The three species (
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<emphasis id="B953EABFFF95FF8FD1958B57C53BBED3" box="[419,552,1650,1675]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">H. sanctori</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFB64B5CFF95FF8FD2068B57C400BED4" author="Delle Chiaje, S." box="[560,787,1650,1676]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="31 - 49" refId="ref29423" refString="Delle Chiaje, S. (1828) Memorie sulla storia e notomia degli animali senza vertebre del Regno di Napoli. 3: xx + 231 pp., pls. 31 - 49." type="book chapter" year="1828">Delle Chiaje, 1828</bibRefCitation>
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;
<taxonomicName id="4C274D2EFF95FF8FD3168B57C347BED4" authority="Selenka, 1867" authorityName="Selenka" authorityYear="1867" box="[800,1108,1650,1676]" class="Holothuroidea" family="Holothuriidae" genus="Holothuria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aspidochirotida" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="parvula">
<emphasis id="B953EABFFF95FF8FD3168B57C4B2BED3" box="[800,929,1650,1675]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">H. parvula</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFB64B5CFF95FF8FD39F8B57C347BED4" author="Selenka, E." box="[937,1108,1650,1676]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="109 - 118" refId="ref30967" refString="Selenka, E. (1867) Nachtrag zu den Beitragen zur Anatomie und Systematik der Holothurien. Zeitschrifte fur wissenschaftliche, Zoologie, 18, 109 - 118." type="journal article" year="1867">Selenka, 1867</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
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<emphasis id="B953EABFFF95FF8FD4578B57C3F5BED3" box="[1121,1254,1650,1675]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">H. difficilis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFB64B5CFF95FF8FD4D98B57C280BED4" author="Semper, C." box="[1263,1427,1650,1676]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" refId="ref30997" refString="Semper, C. (1868) Holothurien. Reisen im Archipel der Philippen. Holothurien. 2. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Wiesbaden, Leipzig, 288 pp." type="book" year="1868">Semper, 1868</bibRefCitation>
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) originally included in
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<emphasis id="B953EABFFF95FF8FD1AB8BBFC53EBEEB" box="[413,557,1690,1715]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Platyperona</emphasis>
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by
<bibRefCitation id="EFB64B5CFF95FF8FD26D8BBFC5EBBEEC" author="Rowe, F. W. E." box="[603,760,1690,1716]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="119 - 170" refId="ref30718" refString="Rowe, F. W. E. (1969) A review of the family Holothuriidae (Holothuroidea: Aspidochirotida). Bulletin of the British Museum of natural History (Zoology) 18 (4), 119 - 170." type="journal article" year="1969">Rowe (1969)</bibRefCitation>
, are well keyed by
<bibRefCitation id="EFB64B5CFF95FF8FD3E98BBFC3AEBEEC" author="Deichmann, E." box="[991,1213,1690,1716]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="239 - 349" refId="ref29374" refString="Deichmann, E. (1958) The Holothuroidea collected by the ' Velero III' and ' IV' during the years 1932 - 1954, part II, Aspidochirota. Allan Hancock Pacific Expedition, 11 (2), 239 - 349, pls 1 - 9." type="journal article" year="1958">Deichmann (1958)</bibRefCitation>
who also provides information regarding the colouration, presence or absence of Cuvierian tubules and the synonyms of
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<emphasis id="B953EABFFF95FF8FD5098BE7C7DBBF5B" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">H. difficilis</emphasis>
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. However, she does not mention the occurrence of any green forms of
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<emphasis id="B953EABFFF95FF8FD4398BCFC380BF5B" box="[1039,1171,1770,1795]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">H. difficilis</emphasis>
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but this colouration is recorded for the consubgeneric
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<emphasis id="B953EABFFF95FF8FD23A8A37C598BF73" box="[524,651,1810,1835]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">H. parvula</emphasis>
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from the West Atlantic region. Since then
<taxonomicName id="4C274D2EFF95FF8FD4B28A37C608BF0C" authority="Pawson &amp; Gust, 1981" authorityName="Pawson &amp; Gust" authorityYear="1981" class="Holothuroidea" family="Holothuriidae" genus="Holothuria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aspidochirotida" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="rowei" subGenus="Platyperona">
<emphasis id="B953EABFFF95FF8FD4B28A37C208BF73" box="[1156,1307,1810,1835]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">H. (P.) rowei</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFB64B5CFF95FF8FD5148A37C608BF0C" author="Pawson, D. L. &amp; Gust, C. A." pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="873 - 877" refId="ref30562" refString="Pawson, D. L. &amp; Gust, C. A. (1981) Holothuria (Platyperona) rowei, a new sea cucumber from Florida (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 94 (3), 873 - 877." type="journal article" year="1981">Pawson &amp; Gust, 1981</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="4C274D2EFF95FF8FD1118A1FC5C2BF0C" authority="Cherbonnier, 1988" authorityName="Cherbonnier" authorityYear="1988" box="[295,721,1850,1876]" class="Holothuroidea" family="Holothuriidae" genus="Holothuria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aspidochirotida" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="crossnieri" subGenus="Platyperona">
<emphasis id="B953EABFFF95FF8FD1118A1FC6FCBF0B" box="[295,495,1850,1875]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">H. (P.) crossnieri</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFB64B5CFF95FF8FD1C08A1FC5C2BF0C" author="Cherbonnier, G." box="[502,721,1850,1876]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" refId="ref28924" refString="Cherbonnier, G. (1988) Faune de Madagascar. Publice sous les auspices du Gouvernment de la Republique Malgache, 70, O. R. S. T. O. M, Paris, 292 pp." type="book" year="1988">Cherbonnier, 1988</bibRefCitation>
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and
<emphasis id="B953EABFFF95FF8FD33C8A1FC476BF0B" box="[778,869,1850,1875]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">H. (?P.)</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C274D2EFF95FF8FD35B8A1FC3B5BF0C" authority="Cherbonnier, 1988" authorityName="Cherbonnier" authorityYear="1988" box="[877,1190,1850,1876]" class="Holothuroidea" family="Holothuriidae" genus="Holothuria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Aspidochirotida" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="insolita">
<emphasis id="B953EABFFF95FF8FD35B8A1FC4D6BF0B" box="[877,965,1850,1875]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">insolita</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFB64B5CFF95FF8FD3FA8A1FC3B5BF0C" author="Cherbonnier, G." box="[972,1190,1850,1876]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" refId="ref28924" refString="Cherbonnier, G. (1988) Faune de Madagascar. Publice sous les auspices du Gouvernment de la Republique Malgache, 70, O. R. S. T. O. M, Paris, 292 pp." type="book" year="1988">Cherbonnier, 1988</bibRefCitation>
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have been described and
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<emphasis id="B953EABFFF95FF8FD0FC8A47C64ABF23" box="[202,345,1890,1915]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">H. samoana</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFB64B5CFF95FF8FD1548A47C51BBF24" author="Ludwig, H." box="[354,520,1890,1916]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="77 - 220" refId="ref29920" refString="Ludwig, H. (1875) Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Holothurien. Arbeite aus dem zoologie zootom. Institut in Wurzburg, 2, 77 - 220." type="journal article" year="1875">Ludwig, 1875</bibRefCitation>
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referred to this subgenus by Rowe (in
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). Perhaps not all species are valid and must await a critical re-examination. Since
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<emphasis id="B953EABFFF95FF8FD3AE8AAFC30EBFFB" box="[920,1053,1930,1955]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">H. difficilis</emphasis>
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is so widely distributed, several variations, probably at subspecific level, must be expected between such geographically isolated populations as those of the East Pacific, West Pacific and West Indian Oceans. This is perhaps the chief reason for the application of so many names to a species which is otherwise well characterised.
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relegated many names to the synonymy of
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<emphasis id="B953EABFFF92FF88D22E8DE5C588B881" box="[536,667,192,217]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">H. difficilis</emphasis>
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and this is partially supported by Rowe (in
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). However, some of the names may have to be reinstated, as our knowledge of the intraspecific variations within
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<emphasis id="B953EABFFF92FF88D0DC8C35C67DB971" box="[234,366,272,297]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">H. difficilis</emphasis>
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increases. Colouration, presence or absence of warts and Cuvierian tubules, the maximum size at maturity, the relative dimensions of spicules and the
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of podial deposits may offer satisfactory characters. H.L.
<bibRefCitation id="EFB64B5CFF92FF88D11C8C45C6CBB922" author="Clark H. L." box="[298,472,352,378]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" pagination="221 - 435" refId="ref29162" refString="Clark H. L. (1923) The echinoderm fauna of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 13, 221 - 435." type="journal article" year="1923">Clarks (1923)</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFB64B5CFF92FF88D1D08C45C59AB922" author="Kalk, M." box="[486,649,352,378]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" pagination="1 - 24" refId="ref29728" refString="Kalk, M. (1959) A general ecological survey of some shores in northern Mozambique. Revista de Biologia, Lisbon, 2, 1 - 24, pls. 1 - 4." type="journal article" year="1959">Kalks (1959)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="EFB64B5CFF92FF88D2F38C45C318B922" author="Thandar, A. S. &amp; Samyn, Y." box="[709,1035,352,378]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" pagination="253 - 260" refId="ref31338" refString="Thandar, A. S. &amp; Samyn, Y. (2004) Shallow-water holothuroid (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) biodiversity and biogeography of the subtropical east coast of South Africa. Echinoderms: Munchen - Heinzeller &amp; Nebelsick (eds.), Taylor &amp; Francis Group, London, 2004, 253 - 260." type="journal article" year="2004">Thandar &amp; Samyns (2004)</bibRefCitation>
are the only published records of this species from southern Africa but the latter two include no taxonomic data while that of H.L. Clark (a record overlooked by
<bibRefCitation id="EFB64B5CFF92FF88D1918C95C5B9B992" author="Clark, A. M. &amp; Rowe, F. W. E." box="[423,682,432,458]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" refId="ref29046" refString="Clark, A. M. &amp; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971) Monograph of shallow-water Indo-West Pacific echinoderms. British Museum (Natural History), London, 238 pp." type="book" year="1971">Clark &amp; Rowe, 1971</bibRefCitation>
) was based on specimens from
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.
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