MCZ Invertebrate Zoology HOL-1396

Holothuria (Platyperona) difficilis Semper, 1868

Date Collected:

Current Identification

Holothuria (Platyperona) difficilis Semper, 1868

Animalia Echinodermata Holothuroidea Aspidochirotida Holothuriidae

Determiner: [no agent data]

Nature of ID: revised taxonomy

Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS

Previous Identification

Holothuria difficilis Semper, 1868

Animalia Echinodermata Holothuroidea Aspidochirotida Holothuriidae

Determiner: Carl Semper in 1868

Nature of ID: type ID

Semper 1868, page 92, Syntype of Holothuria difficilis Semper, 1868

Shows Publication: Semper 1868 Description: Semper-Holothuriens

Part	Condition	Disposition	Count
partial animal: tissue (70% ethanol)	unknown	on loan	<1	History
Remarks: To be used for ossicle preparation on microscope slide
whole animal (70% ethanol)	good	in collection	1	History

Attribute	Value	Determination	On
associated grant	Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn)	By: Adam J. Baldinger	2023-03-23

per Francois Michonneau (Dec 7, 2010) "This is not H. difficilis (most likely). Presumably H. hilla - took tissue sample for ossicle confirmation"

Specific Locality:
[no specific locality data]
Verbatim Locality:
Sandwich Islands
Locality Remarks:
This is a marine locality. -ARivera Apr2020
Georeference:
21.0150000°, -156.76583° (Error radius: 397210m) By: Alana Rivera on 2020-04-21 (Source: GEOLocate)
Datum:
WGS84
Coordinates Entered As:
decimal degrees
Collecting Source:
wild caught
Began Date / Ended Date:
1700-01-01 / 1867-12-31
Verbatim Date:
[no verbatim date data]
Collector:
James M. Barnard