Australocnus occiduus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cucumariidae
Genus: Australocnus
Species: Australocnus occiduus

Name

Australocnus occiduus (O’Loughlin & O’Hara, 1992)

• Original combination: Ocnus occiduus O’Loughlin & O’Hara, 1992

• ZooBank: 00150A0B-5F94-4586-9E64-0DE9076A29A7

• Type locality: Australia, South Australia, Cape Vivonne, near Ceduna, 32.2°S 133.68°E / -32.2; 133.68, depth 0–1 m.

• Holotype: NMV F59212 [1].

• Paratype: NMV F59213 [2].

Synonymy

• Ocnus occiduus O’Loughlin & O’Hara, 1992: 247–248, pl. 1(h), pl. 9(a–f), fig. 7a–d.
• Australocnus occiduus (O’Loughlin & O’Hara, 1992) O’Loughlin & Alcock, 2000: 11–12, fig. 5a–f.

References

• O’Loughlin, P.M. & Alcock, N. 2000. The New Zealand Cucumariidae (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 58: 1–24. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2000.58.1 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

• Australocnus occiduus (O'Loughlin & O'Hara, 1992) in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on October 28, 2025