Cucuvitrum rowei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dendrochirotida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Holothuroidea Subclassis: Actinopoda Ordo: Dendrochirotida

Familia: Cucumariidae
Genus: Cucuvitrum
Species: Cucuvitrum rowei

Name

Cucuvitrum rowei O’Loughlin & O’Hara, 1992

• ZooBank: A65404DC-0C9A-4F48-B1D9-135F16DBC671

• Type locality: Australia, Victoria, Cape Paterson, 38.6833°S 145.617°E / -38.6833; 145.617, depth 2 m.

• Holotype: NMV F57356 [1].

• Paratypes: NMV F54241 [2]; NMV F54240 [3].

• Etymology: named after Francis Winston Edric Rowe.

Synonymy

• Cucuvitrum rowei O’Loughlin & O’Hara, 1992: 232–234, pl. 1(b), pl. 3(a–g), fig. 2; — O’Loughlin et al., 2009: 215–216, fig. 1.

References

• O’Loughlin, P.M., Eichler, J., Altoff, L., Falconer, A., Mackenzie, M., Whitfield, E., Rowley, C. 2009. Observations of reproductive strategies for some dendrochirotid holothuroids (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 66(2): 215–220. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2009.66.19 Reference page. 
• O’Loughlin, P.M. & O’Hara, T.D. 1992. New cucumariid holothurians (Echinodermata) from southern Australia, including two brooding and one fissiparous species. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 53(2): 227–266. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.1992.53.12 Reference page. 

Links

• Cucuvitrum rowei O'Loughlin & O'Hara, 1992 in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on October 23, 2025