Stichopus herrmanni Semper, 1868

Sastry, D. R. K., Marimuthu, N. & Rajan, Rajkumar, 2019, Echinodermata of Lakshadweep, Arabian Sea with the description of a new genus and a species, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (4) : -

Stichopus herrmanni Semper

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1868. Stichopus variegatus hermanni Selenka, E. Z. wiss. Zool., 17: 316.

1908. Stichpus variegatus : Koehler, R. and Vaney, C. Echinoderma of the Indian Museum, Part IV: 23 [non: Stichpus variegatus Semper, 1868 ].

1971. Stichopus hermanni : Clark, A.M. and Rowe, F.W.E. Monograph of shallow-water Indo-West Pacific echinoderms, p. 178-179 (Distribution).

1991. Stichpus variegatus : Mukhopadhyay, S.K. State Fauna Series 2: Fauna of Lakshadweep. p. 409

2007. Stichpus horrens : Sastry, D.R.K. Rec. zool. Surv. India. Occ. Paper No. 271: 236

Material: Phographs from Amini, Agatti, Bangaram,

Kadamat and Kavaratti.

Distribution: Lakshadweep, Tamil Nadu, Andamans and Nicobars. Elsewhere: East coast of Africa to South Pacific Islands. The Lakshadweep record mentioned by Sastry (2007) Mokhopadhyaya (1991) and was based on the report of Nagabhushanam and Rao (1972) which require confirmation. Thus this is the first record of the species from Lakashadweep.