Synapta maculata

Synapta maculata

Synapta maculata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apodida

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Apodacea Ordo: Apodida

Familia: Synaptidae
Genus: Synapta
Species: Synapta maculata
Subspecies: S. m. andreae – S. m. maculata – S. m. sundaensis

Name

Synapta maculata (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821)

• Original combination: Holothuria maculata Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821

• ZooBank: 961EB1D4-4839-4D79-ACDC-95CBAD5256C4

• Type locality: Pacific Ocean, Marshall Islands, Ratak Chain.

Synonymy

(List may be incomplete)

• Holothuria maculata Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821: 352.
• Synapta maculata (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821) Eschscholtz, 1829: 12; — Jaeger, 1833: 15; — H.L. Clark, 1908: 78–79, pl. 1, 4, figs. 17–19, 26; — Ohshima, 1914: 468; — H.L. Clark, 1921: 160; — Heding, 1928: 113–115, fig. 2(1–10).
• Synapta mammillosa Eschscholtz, 1829: 12; — Jaeger, 1833: 14..
  • Synonymised by H.L. Clark (1908: 78).
• Holothuria oceanica Lesson, 1830; — Jaeger, 1833: 14.
  • Synonymised by H.L. Clark (1908: 78).
• Synapta beselii Jaeger, 1833: 15.
  • Synonymised by H.L. Clark (1908: 78).
• Synapta astrolabi Held, 1857
  • Synonymised by H.L. Clark (1908: 78).
• Synapta agassizii Selenka, 1867
  • Synonymised by H.L. Clark (1908: 78).

References

• Chamisso, A. & Eysenhardt, K.W. 1821. De animalibus quibusdam e classe vermium Linneana, in circumnavigatione Terrae, auspicante Comite N. Romanoff, duce Ottone di Kotzebue, annis 1815-1818 peracta, observatis Fasciculus secundus, reliquos vermes continens. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum 10: 343–373, Pl. 24–33. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1908 [1907]. The apodous holothurians : a monograph of the Synaptidæ and Molpadiidæ, including a report on the representatives of these families in the collections of the United States National Museum. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 35(1732): 1–231. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait: its composition and its origin. Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 10 (Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 214): 1–223. BHL Reference page. 
• Eschscholtz, J.F. 1829. Zoologischer Atlas, enthaltend Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer Thierarten, während des Flottcapitains von Kotzebue zweiter Reise um die Welt, auf der Russisch-Kaiserlichen Kriegsschlupp Predpriaetie in den Jahren 1823–1826 [...]. Zweites Heft. Berlin, 13 pp., Tafeln VI–X. BHL Reference page. 
• Heding, S.G. 1928. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914—16. XLVI. Synaptidæ. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 85: 105–323. BHL. Reference page. 
• Jaeger, W.F. 1833. De Holothuriis. Gessnerianis: Turici. 40 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Ohshima, H. 1914. The Synaptidae of Japan. Annotationes zoologicae Japonenses. 8(3): 467–482. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Synapta maculata (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821) in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on June 17, 2026

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